RET Site: Research to Inspire Students in Engineering through commUnity Partnerships (RISE UP)

RET 网站：通过社区合作伙伴关系激励工程专业学生的研究 (RISE UP)

• 批准号: 1711701
• 负责人: Brad Kinsey
• 金额: $ 60万
• 依托单位: University of New Hampshire
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-05-15 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1711701&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Research; Inspire; Students

As the second largest sector in the US economy at 12% of Gross Domestic Product, advanced manufacturing is viewed as an enabler for national security, jobs creation, and economic growth. The objective of this Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering site, Research to Inspire Students in Engineering through commUnity Partnerships (RISE UP), at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) is to create partnerships between UNH, local school systems, and industry (specifically the manufacturing sector) to improve student learning through teacher development/research training and academic year follow-up activities. Participants will be provided the opportunity to engage industrial-based research projects, within a broad theme of micro-scale phenomena, mathematical modeling, and material behavior. The RET program will target rural and urban schools, with an aim to attract underrepresented groups, including first-generation college students. The overall goal is to effectively incorporate activities that integrate science and engineering practices into pre-college curricula and thus attract and motivate young people to engineering disciplines. In addition, the inclusion of rural and urban schools and women faculty as mentors has the potential to attract underrepresented individuals to engineering, including first generation college students. Each summer over the three-year grant period, the RISE UP Site will host a cohort of 12 pre- and in-service secondary STEM teachers and community college faculty in a 7-week experience (including orientation, intensive research, curriculum development, field trips to local companies, and academic year follow-up which includes visits to classrooms by graduate student, faculty and industrial mentors). The teachers will be active participants within their selected research groups and conduct research projects guided by the graduate students, faculty, and industrial mentors. The intellectual merit of RISE UP lies in implementing authentic research to develop engineering practices in classrooms, and assessing the impact on teachers. How teacher immersion in research projects translates into more effective teaching; content understanding and motivation for teachers; and increased student learning and interest in pursuing engineering careers will be evaluated. The effect of the industrial focus and participation in the project will also be assessed. The UNH faculty and graduate students will experience the teachers' perspectives in designing activities that engage a variety of student learners. The project will bring together a sustainable community of partners to collaborate on developing and implementing authentic science and engineering practices in classrooms that can generate a broader impact across the nation.

作为美国经济中第二大领域，占国内生产总值的12％，高级制造业被视为国家安全，创造就业机会和经济增长的推动者。 在工程网站上为教师（RET）的研究经验的目的，通过社区伙伴关系（Rise Up），新罕布什尔大学（UNH）激发工程学的研究是为了通过教师发展/研究培训和学年的后续活动来建立伙伴关系。将为参与者提供机会，以微观现象，数学建模和物质行为的广泛主题参与基于工业的研究项目。 RET计划将针对农村和城市学校，以吸引包括第一代大学生在内的人数不足的群体。总体目标是有效地纳入将科学和工程实践整合到预科课程中的活动，从而吸引并激励年轻人进入工程学科。此外，将农村和城市学校和女教师纳入导师，有可能吸引代表性不足的人加入包括第一代大学生在内的工程学。 每年夏天，在三年的赠款期间，Rise Up网站将在7周的经验中举办12个同伙和服务中学的STEM教师和社区学院教师（包括导向，强化研究，课程开发，对本地公司的实地考察以及学年的实地考察，包括研究生，教职员工和工业教师对课堂的访问）。教师将成为其选定研究小组中的积极参与者，并在研究生，教职员工和工业导师指导下进行研究项目。 崛起的智力优点在于实施真实的研究以发展教室的工程实践，并评估对教师的影响。 教师沉浸于研究项目中如何转化为更有效的教学；教师的内容理解和动力；将评估学生学习和从事工程职业的兴趣。也将评估工业重点和参与项目的影响。联合国联邦组织的教师和研究生将体验老师在设计与各种学生学习者的活动时的观点。该项目将汇集一个可持续的合作伙伴社区，以在教室中开发和实施真实的科学和工程实践，在整个国家产生更大的影响。