Maker Education and Community Building as Tools to Recruit, Develop, and Retain STEM Teachers

创客教育和社区建设作为招募、培养和留住 STEM 教师的工具

• 批准号: 1950312
• 负责人: Steven Fletcher
• 金额: $ 118.16万
• 依托单位: Saint Edward's University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950312&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Maker; Education; Community; Building; Tools

This project aims to serve the national need of preparing high-quality STEM teachers. The major goal of the project is to recruit and prepare undergraduate STEM students for teaching careers in biology, chemistry, and mathematics. The project includes a paid internship with a community organization to spark student interest in teaching. The project will provide scholarships and additional supports to help the Scholars earn bachelors’ STEM degrees and learn how to be highly effective STEM teachers. For example, the Scholars will be able to earn a micro-credential in maker education. This experience will help the Scholars develop strategies to succeed as teachers in high-need schools. The project will provide ongoing support from community partners and mentor teachers to help the new teachers persist in the teaching profession. This project is led by Saint Edward's University, a Hispanic-serving institution, and includes partnerships with Del Valle Independent School District, UTeach Maker, Co.Lab Community Makers, and Breakthrough Central Texas. The project seeks to support and prepare 18 undergraduates minoring in teacher education and majoring in biology, chemistry, or mathematics, to achieve certification and become highly qualified middle and high school STEM teachers. The long-term goal is to develop a self-sustaining pool of STEM teacher candidates who gain skills in maker education to increase their effectiveness as teachers. A teacher circle approach to induction support seeks to create a learning community of makers, educators, and alumni of the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. Research activities aim to understand the role of experience with maker education on teacher professional growth and to document the impact of community partners on STEM teacher recruitment and identity development. This Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在满足国家培养高素质 STEM 教师的需求。该项目的主要目标是招募和培养本科 STEM 学生，以从事生物学、化学和数学的教学工作。该项目包括在社区进行带薪实习。该项目将提供奖学金和额外支持，帮助学者们获得 STEM 学士学位并学习如何成为高效的 STEM 教师。这种经验将有助于创客教育。学者们制定了在高需求学校取得成功的教师战略。该项目将提供社区合作伙伴和导师教师的持续支持，以帮助新教师坚持教学职业。该项目由西班牙裔服务圣爱德华大学领导。该项目与 Del Valle 独立学区、UTeach Maker、Co.Lab Community Makers 和 Breakthrough Central Texas 建立了合作伙伴关系，旨在支持和培养 18 名辅修教师教育并主修生物、化学或数学的本科生。获得认证并成为高素质的初中和高中 STEM 教师 长期目标是培养一批能够自我维持的 STEM 教师候选人，他们获得创客教育技能，以提高他们作为教师的效率。由创客、教育工作者和罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划校友组成的学习社区 研究活动旨在了解创客教育经验对教师专业成长的作用，并记录社区合作伙伴对 STEM 教师招聘和身份发展的影响。本轨道 1：奖学金和津贴项目由罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划 (Noyce) 支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的 STEM 本科专业和专业人士成为有效的 K-12 STEM 教师，并支持经验丰富、模范的 K-12 STEM 教师成为高中的 STEM 大师级教师。它还支持对高需求学区的 K-12 STEM 教师的持久性、保留性和有效性进行研究。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持。基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。