Preparing STEM Majors to Become Highly-Qualified Chemistry and Physics High School Teachers

帮助 STEM 专业学生成为高素质化学和物理高中教师

• 批准号: 1035467
• 负责人: Edgar Corpuz
• 金额: $ 119.24万
• 依托单位: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-01 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1035467&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; STEM; Majors; Become; Highly

This project is addressing the acute shortage of highly-qualified and certified high school chemistry and physics teachers in the South Texas region by enabling STEM majors to obtain an interdisciplinary teaching degree; the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies (BSIS) in Physical Sciences (Chemistry and Physics). Twenty talented STEM majors in the last two years of their baccalaureate are being recruited and supported through the Robert Noyce Scholarship Program to obtain BSIS degrees in Physical Sciences with teaching certification. It is envisioned that a rigorous teacher preparation program like the BSIS in Physical Science, with the following support structures: competitive scholarship; mentoring; field experiences; student-centered classroom environment; strong collaboration among College of Education and College of Science faculty and staff; strong support from independent school districts; and a structured induction program, will lead to the production and retention of much needed highly-qualified and certified chemistry and physics teachers who will be teaching in high-need school districts of the South Texas region. The Robert Noyce scholar-graduates are expected to provide the much needed leadership in making STEM education more responsive to the needs, interests, and abilities of high school students, thereby increasing the number of youths who are enabled for success in STEM at the University level and beyond. The BSIS in Physical Sciences is the first university-based program in the Rio Grande Valley designed to produce high school teachers with strong content preparation in Chemistry and Physics and with sufficient pedagogical content knowledge, cognitive, and management skills necessary to be effective and efficient science teachers. The partner school districts that include Valley View Independent School District, Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District, South Texas Independent School District, and the Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District, are all high-need districts in a predominantly Hispanic region with the majority of their students taking chemistry and physics taught by teachers out of their area of certification.

该项目通过使STEM专业获得跨学科的教学学位，解决了南德克萨斯地区高度合格和认证的高中化学和物理教师的严重短缺；跨学科研究理学学士学位（BSIS）（化学和物理学）。罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）奖学金计划招募和支持了二十名才华横溢的STEM大满贯赛，并通过教学认证获得了体育科学的BSIS学位。可以预见的是，像物理科学中的BSI这样的严格教师准备计划以及以下支持结构：竞争性奖学金；指导；现场经验；以学生为中心的课堂环境；教育学院与科学学院教职员工之间的牢固合作；独立学区的大力支持；以及一项结构化的归纳计划，将导致急需的高度合格和认证的化学和物理教师的生产和保留，他们将在南德克萨斯州的高需求学区任教。预计罗伯特·诺伊斯学者研究生将提供急需的领导才能使STEM教育对高中生的需求，利益和能力的反应，从而增加了在大学层及以后获得成功的年轻人的数量。体育科学的BSI是里奥格兰德山谷（Rio Grande Valley）的第一个基于大学的计划，旨在在化学和物理学方面生产强大的内容准备高中教师，并具有足够的教学内容知识，认知和管理技能，需要有效，有效的科学教师。 包括Valley View独立学区，爱丁堡合并独立学区，南德克萨斯独立学区和Pharr-san Juan-Alamo独立学区的合作学区都是大多数西班牙裔地区的高需求区，大多数学生都在获得认证领域的化学和物理学的大多数学生。