Improving the Preparation of Graduate Students to Teach Undergraduate Mathematics

提高研究生教授本科数学的准备

• 批准号: 1432381
• 负责人: Jack Bookman
• 金额: $ 90.12万
• 依托单位: Mathematical Association of America
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-15 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1432381&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Preparation; Graduate; Students; Teach; Improving; Preparation; Graduate; Students; Teach

A significant number of today's mathematics graduate students will enter the workforce as college faculty members for which teaching undergraduate students will comprise a significant portion of their professional responsibilities. Although some resources are available for the professional development (PD) of graduate students or novice college mathematics instructors, mathematics departments wishing to develop or expand such a program to enhance undergraduate teaching and learning find it challenging to obtain instructional materials and/or appropriate faculty expertise on which to draw. There are informal networks of faculty who work in this arena, but the resources that do exist often are inaccessible or difficult to locate for those new to the teaching workforce. Against this backdrop, the project will: (i) provide better access to the existing resources; (ii) develop new resources and opportunities for access; and (iii) create lasting versions of the existing informal networks of faculty practitioners and researchers. The investigators will create an infrastructure, housed, supported, and sustained by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), to enhance the mathematics community's ability to provide high quality, teaching-related PD to graduate students. Associated activities will include the creation of a community of practice and online resource library to help mathematics departments start and strengthen programs to prepare graduate students to teach undergraduate mathematics. Three primary audiences will benefit: 1) Providers - experienced faculty who provide PD opportunities to graduate students teaching or preparing to teach undergraduate mathematics; 2) Scholars - faculty and graduate students who develop PD materials and programs and/or conduct research on the teaching of undergraduate mathematics; and 3) Teaching Assistants (TAs) - the graduate students themselves who seek professional development. Key components of the infrastructure include: 1) a multimedia suite of resources for Providers and mechanisms for building it; 2) a professional community of practice bringing together Providers and Scholars; 3) workshops and webinars for Providers and Scholars; and 4) distance delivery of PD for graduate students who have no face-to-face opportunity at their local institution. Evaluation will be a key component integrated throughout the project, and will focus on both formative input of each component as the project develops and a final summative report. Included will be a needs assessment survey of graduate programs as well as research to contribute to the understanding of (i) how to develop effective programs that lead to expansion of systematic and sustainable TA PD programs across the nation and (ii) how the components of the project work together to help create a community of practice and the potential of this community to expand and thrive.

当今的数学研究生中，有很多人将作为大学教职员工进入该劳动力，而本科生将占其专业责任的很大一部分。尽管有一些资源可用于研究生或新手学院数学讲师的专业发展（PD），但希望开发或扩展这种计划以增强本科教学和学习的数学部门，发现获得教学材料和/或适当的教师专业知识挑战。有一些非正式的教师网络在这个领域工作，但是确实存在的资源通常是无法访问或难以为教学劳动力的人们找到的。在此背景下，项目将：（i）更好地访问现有资源； （ii）开发新的资源和访问机会； （iii）创建现有教师和研究人员现有非正式网络的持久版本。调查人员将建立一个由美国数学协会（MAA）建立，支持，支持和维持的基础设施，以增强数学社区为研究生提供高质量，教学相关的PD的能力。相关的活动将包括创建一个实践社区和在线资源库，以帮助数学部门开始并加强课程，以使研究生为教授本科数学做好准备。三个主要受众将受益：1）提供者 - 经验丰富的教师，他们为研究生教学或准备教学本科数学提供了PD机会； 2）学者 - 开发PD材料和计划和/或进行有关本科数学教学的研究； 3）助教（TAS） - 研究生本身正在寻求专业发展。基础设施的关键组成部分包括：1）提供者的多媒体资源和建造它的机制； 2）一个专业的实践社区，将提供者和学者汇集在一起​​； 3）提供者和学者的研讨会和网络研讨会； 4）在当地机构没有面对面机会的研究生的PD远程交付。评估将是整个项目中集成的关键组件，并且随着项目的发展和最终的总结报告，将重点关注每个组件的两种组成部分。其中包括的是对研究生课程的需求评估调查以及对理解（i）如何制定有效计划的理解，从而导致全国各地的系统和可持续的TA PD计划扩大，以及（ii）项目的组成部分如何共同努力，以帮助建立实践社区以及该社区的潜力扩展和蓬勃发展。