RET Site: Nanotechnology Research Experience for Teachers

RET 网站：教师纳米技术研究经验

• 批准号: 0908968
• 负责人: Vicki Colvin
• 金额: $ 35万
• 依托单位: William Marsh Rice University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-04-01 至 2014-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0908968&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Nanotechnology; Research; Experience

This award provides funding for a three year continuing award to support a Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering Site program at Rice University, entitled, "RET Site: Nanotechnology Research Experience for Teachers", under the direction of Dr. Vicki Colvin. The objectives of this RET in Engineering Program include enhancing the science and engineering content knowledge and teaching skills of 35 Houston, Texas high school teachers each year for three years. The site will combine a full semester spring content course (CHEM 570) and summer internship, followed by a set of school year activities to keep participants engaged with each other and with Rice University. The participants will improve the quality of secondary school science education through the development of inquiry-based learning activities based on laboratory research and create a community of high school and higher education teachers that can motivate secondary students towards careers in science and engineering. The program is designed not only to facilitate teacher professional development but to scale-up the research experience by forming a network of master teachers that can train new teachers. Since the innovative developments at the nanoscale are integrated across biology, physics and chemistry, this program will provide teachers with new insights on basic science that is also well-aligned with Texas State standards and targets underserved teachers and schools.Rice University will work closely with the Houston Independent School District (HISD), a large, urban, majority historically underrepresented minority school district in South Texas. This year long RET is designed to be scalable to have a large impact on science teaching via community workshops for students and teachers.

该奖项为赖斯大学（Rice University）的教师（RET）的研究经验提供了三年持续奖项的资金，题为“ RET网站：纳米技术研究经验”，在Vicki Colvin博士的指导下。该RET工程课程的目标包括每年三年来增强德克萨斯州休斯顿35号高中教师的科学和工程内容知识和教学技能。该网站将结合完整的春季内容课程（Chem 570）和暑期实习，然后进行一系列学年的活动，以保持参与者彼此和莱斯大学的互动。参与者将通过基于实验室研究的发展基于询问的学习活动来提高中学科学教育的质量，并创建一个高中和高等教育教师社区，这些社区可以激励中学生从事科学和工程学的职业。该计划的目的不仅是为了促进教师的专业发展，还旨在通过组建可以培训新教师的大师教师网络来扩展研究经验。 由于纳米级的创新发展是在生物学，物理和化学范围内整合的，因此该计划将为教师提供有关基础科学的新见解，这些见解也与得克萨斯州州立标准和目标不足的教师和学校都很好地结盟。休斯顿独立学区（HISD）是南德克萨斯州的一个大型城市，多数人的少数族裔学区。 今年的RET旨在通过为学生和老师的社区讲习班对科学教学产生重大影响。