Authentic STEM Laboratory Research Experiences for Pre-service Secondary Teachers

该项目旨在通过支持职前教师的学术研究和专业发展来服务于国家对高效科学和数学教师的需求，这些教师将向他们的学生传达对进行基础科学研究的理解和兴奋。在这个项目中，未来的科学和数学教师将通过作为STEM实验室研究团队的一员来体验真实的研究方法。这些STEM专业的学生将更好地将研究和其他探究性学习融入未来的课堂。他们还将参加专业发展活动，以获得教学知识，并学习让中学生参与真实研究体验的最佳做法。阿拉巴马农工大学的项目将为职前中学STEM教师提供研究机会，他们中的许多人可能来自STEM中代表性较低的群体，他们在生物、化学、数学和物理等令人兴奋的相关主题中进行研究。研究经历将在八周内进行，为期三年，每年通过一个暑期项目进行。将招聘24名有才华的职前中学教师，主要来自阿拉巴马州的七所合作机构：阿拉巴马农工大学、阿拉巴马大学亨茨维尔分校、阿拉巴马大学伯明翰分校、西阿拉巴马大学、阿拉巴马州立大学、奥克伍德大学和迈尔斯学院。参与的学生将在敬业的、经验丰富的教师导师的直接监督下积极参与尖端研究。此外，每周将留出两个小时用于职业发展培训，以促进与教学的联系。该项目将有助于弥补高素质和有研究经验的科学和数学教师的短缺。通过评估，该项目将产生关于研究对教师教学知识和教学的影响的知识。诺伊斯职前教师研究经验项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目(Noyce)提供支持。Noyce计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人员成为有效的K-12 STEM教师，并支持有经验的、模范的K-12教师成为高需求地区的STEM硕士教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，通过使用基金会的智力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 for highly effective science and mathematics teachers by supporting the academic research and professional development of pre-service teachers who will convey understanding and excitement of conducting basic scientific research to their students. In this project, prospective science and mathematics teachers will experience authentic research methods through work as a member of STEM laboratory research teams. These STEM majors will be better equipped to incorporate research and other inquiry-based learning into their future classrooms. They will also participate in professional development activities to gain pedagogical content knowledge and to learn best practices for engaging secondary school students in authentic research experiences.The project at Alabama A&M University will provide research opportunities for pre-service secondary STEM teachers, many of whom may be from groups underrepresented in STEM, in exciting and relevant topics in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. The research experiences will occur over eight-weeks, through a summer program each year for three years. Twenty-four talented pre-service secondary teachers will be recruited, primarily from seven partner institutions in Alabama: Alabama A&M University, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Alabama in Birmingham, University of West Alabama, Alabama State University, Oakwood University, and Miles College. Participating students will be actively engaged in cutting-edge research under the direct supervision of dedicated, experienced faculty mentors. Additionally, each week two hours will be set aside for professional development training that will foster connections to teaching. This project will help to remedy the shortage of high-quality and research-experienced science and mathematics teachers. Through its evaluation, the project will generate knowledge about the impact of research on teachers' content knowledge and teaching. 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.