Industries of the Future Research Experience for Preservice Teachers in STEM Settings

该项目旨在通过科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的研究经验，满足国家培养未来高中教师的需求。该项目将为未来STEM中学教师提供暑期研究机会，让他们参与未来产业（IotF）的研究，包括人工智能、量子信息科学、先进制造、先进通信和生物技术。该项目旨在帮助休斯敦大学与休斯顿大都会区学区和当地工业之间建立牢固的伙伴关系。物联网研究领域是最前沿的，未来的教师将被引导将STEM知识转化为创新的课程模块。该研究的跨学科性质使其有机会将结果纳入各种各样的高中学生课程中。休斯顿大学的这个项目包括与高需求学区的合作伙伴，包括休斯顿大都市区的Spring Branch和Alief学区。项目目标包括：1)从teachHOUSTON教师教育项目中招募30名具有不同背景的未来高中教师；2)提供跨学科和实践研究经验，激发STEM准教师的兴趣；3)通过将物联网的前沿研究转化为高中课堂，开发课程模块，并满足德克萨斯州基本知识和技能（TEKS）标准。各种丰富的活动，包括实地考察，将使未来的教师将学术研究与现实世界的工程和技术联系起来。学年跟踪包括课程模块讨论和实地教学经验反馈。参与者的研究经验将通过研讨会、网站、会议和期刊出版物等渠道传播给其他未来的教师。通过与休斯顿大都市的学校合作，该项目可能会影响高中学生的学习和职业道路，特别是那些来自德克萨斯州服务不足地区和代表性不足群体的学生。诺伊斯职前教师研究经验项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）支持。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持经验丰富的模范K-12教师成为高需求地区的STEM大师教师。它还支持对高需求学区K-12 STEM教师的保留和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project aims to serve the national need of preparing prospective high school teachers through research experiences in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Settings. The project will provide summer research opportunities for prospective secondary STEM teachers to engage in Industries of the Future (IotF) research, comprising artificial intelligence, quantum information science, advanced manufacturing, advanced communications, and biotechnology. The project intends to aid the formation of a strong partnership among the University of Houston and Houston metropolitan area school districts and local industries. The IotF research areas are cutting-edge and prospective teachers will be guided in transferring STEM knowledge into innovative course modules. The cross-disciplinary nature of the research allows an opportunity to incorporate the results in a wide variety of courses for high school students.This project at the University of Houston includes partners with high-need school districts, including the Spring Branch and Alief districts in the Houston metropolitan area. Project goals include: 1) Recruit 30 prospective high school teachers with diverse backgrounds from the teachHOUSTON teacher education program; 2) Provide interdisciplinary and hands-on research experiences to stimulate the interest of STEM prospective teachers; and 3) Develop course modules by translating cutting-edge research in IotF for high school classrooms, and meeting Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards. Various enrichment activities, including field trips, will allow prospective teachers to connect academic research with real-world engineering and technology. Academic-year follow-up includes course module discussion and feedback from field teaching experiences. Participants’ research experiences will be disseminated to other prospective teachers through workshops, a website, conference and journal publications, and other channels. Through the partnership with schools in the Houston metropolitan, the project will likely influence the learning and career paths of high school students, especially those from underserved districts and underrepresented groups in Texas. This Noyce Research Experiences for Pre-service Teachers project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need districts. It also supports research on the retention and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.