Preparing Science and Mathematics Teachers for Grades 7-12: A Community of Scholars at Work

为 7-12 年级的科学和数学教师做好准备：工作中的学者社区

• 批准号: 0302109
• 负责人: Frank Cartledge
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Louisiana State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-06-01 至 2009-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0302109&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Science; Mathematics; Teachers; Grades; Preparing; Science; Mathematics; Teachers; Grades

In response to the critical need for qualified STEM teachers, a team composed of the Provost of Louisiana State University and Deans and faculty members of the LSU Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Basic Sciences and Education and a team of faculty members from all three colleges designed a new 4-year (128-credit hour) undergraduate degree program to better prepare larger numbers of STEM majors for teacher certification. Called the "Content Major with Concentration in Secondary Education'', this program has been approved as a certification route by the Louisiana Board of Regents and the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The program adapts features of the UTeach program (UT-Austin) but incorporates new elements that make it distinctive nationally. It is a 4-year program within which students complete both an undergraduate bachelor 's degree in a STEM discipline and all secondary teaching certification requirements. It is heavily field-based and includes extensive channels of cooperation with local schools. STEM faculty are broadly involved in the preparation of these new teachers. A highlight is a collaborative course structure in which STEM faculty, education faculty, and mentor teachers in the field work together in the design, delivery, and supervision of course work and field experience. This is a form and degree of collaboration that may be unparalleled at major research universities in the United States.The target production rate is 80 graduates annually, nearly tripling LSU 's recent production rate of certification-ready STEM teachers. Candidates in the program have a deeper understanding of their subject, are better prepared to meet the needs of local schools, and have the advantage of a much broader-based support structure than teachers prepared under the kind of programs that were dominant in the 1990s.

In response to the critical need for qualified STEM teachers, a team composed of the Provost of Louisiana State University and Deans and faculty members of the LSU Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Basic Sc​​iences and Education and a team of faculty members from all three colleges designed a new 4-year (128-credit hour) undergraduate degree program to better prepare larger numbers of STEM majors for teacher certification. Called the "Content Major with Concentration in Secondary Education'', this program has been approved as a certification route by the Louisiana Board of Regents and the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.The program adapts features of the UTeach program (UT-Austin) but incorporates new elements that make it distinctive nationally. It is a 4-year program within which students complete both an undergraduate bachelor 's degree in a STEM discipline and all secondary teaching certification要求。每年有80名毕业生，几乎是LSU最近获得认证的STEM教师生产率的三倍。该计划中的候选人对他们的主题有更深入的了解，可以更好地准备满足当地学校的需求，并且比根据1990年代占主导地位的教师准备的基于广泛的支持结构的优势。