Preparing Graduate Students to Teach Undergraduate Mathematics: A Working Conference

准备研究生教授本科数学：工作会议

• 批准号: 1258576
• 负责人: Jack Bookman
• 金额: $ 2.99万
• 依托单位: Duke University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-10-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1258576&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Preparing; Graduate; Students; Teach; Undergraduate

This project is supporting a working conference of faculty who are involved in teacher training and long-term professional development for graduate students in the mathematical sciences. The conference is designed to promote dialogue among practitioners in professional development in different programs; between practitioners and those who research learning, teaching, and learning to teach mathematics at the college level; and between those who work in existing programs and those interested in introducing more professional development into their work with graduate students. A parallel aim is to provide opportunities for "inter-generational" discussions and knowledge transfer between people who have spent their careers working in this area and those who are just now embarking on careers that include working with mathematics graduate students as teachers.Three primary goals frame the conference activities:(i) to strengthen, inspire and refresh existing programs by having practice and research inform one another;(ii) to develop a menu of best practices to disseminate via a website and subsequent workshops; and(iii) to serve as a launchpad for those interested in initiating a graduate student teaching and professional development program, highlighting key elements, key questions, and various options.This conference is timely, especially given the current national focus on higher education, particularly in STEM. Most graduate students in the mathematical sciences teach in some capacity before receiving their graduate degrees. Moreover, for those aspiring to academic positions, teaching will continue to be a large part of their professional lives. Early attention to graduate student teaching and professional development pays dividends not just to the current undergraduate students in the courses that the graduate students are teaching, but also in the subsequent careers of the graduate students themselves.

该项目正在支持一届教师会议，该会议参与了数学科学研究生的教师培训和长期专业发展。该会议旨在促进不同计划专业发展的从业者之间的对话；在从业者和研究，教学和学习在大学一级教学数学的人之间；以及那些从事现有计划工作的人与有兴趣将更多专业发展引入与研究生一起工作的人之间。一个平行的目的是为在这一领域工作的人与刚刚开始从事的职业的人之间的“代代相传”的讨论和知识转移提供机会，其中包括与数学研究生一起工作的职业。讲习班； （iii）为那些有兴趣启动研究生教学和专业发展计划的人提供发射台，突出关键要素，关键问题和各种选择。这次会议是及时的，尤其是考虑到当前的全国对高等教育的关注，尤其是在STEM中。在获得研究生学位之前，数学科学的大多数研究生都以某种身份进行教学。此外，对于那些渴望学术职位的人，教学将继续是他们职业生涯的很大一部分。对研究生教学和专业发展的早期关注不仅会给研究生正在教学的课程中的当前本科生带来收益，而且还要在研究生本身的后续职业中偿还。