Advancing Language Literacy with Relevant Investigations in Science Education Emergent Bilinguals

通过科学教育新兴双语者的相关调查来提高语言素养

• 批准号: 2150958
• 负责人: Sissy Wong
• 金额: $ 220.13万
• 依托单位: University of Houston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2027-09-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2150958&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Advancing; Language; Literacy; Relevant; Investigations; Advancing; Language; Literacy; Relevant; Investigations

The project aims to serve the national need to support practicing middle school teachers’ beliefs, knowledge, and practices to effectively teach science to emergent bilinguals (EBs) who are developing their home language while learning another new language. These students often experience science instruction curricula and methods that are not responsive to their interests, science and language learning needs which is evidenced by the fact that EBs have lower science achievement scores when compared to their non-EB counterparts. This disparity is a significant obstacle to developing a scientifically literate society and is critical because the learning gap in science obstructs the pipeline of linguistically and culturally diverse students that pursue STEM fields and STEM careers. This project at the University of Houston (UH) includes partnerships with the UH Colleges of Education and Natural Sciences and Mathematics, the UH STEM Center, and Aldine, Alief and Houston Independent School Districts. Nonprofit organizations, Achieving Student Success through Excellence in Teaching (ASSET), and the New Teacher Center, are also project partners. Project goals include preparing 21 experienced and exemplary middle level science teachers over the 5-year period to be teacher leaders for teaching EB students at high needs schools in the Houston area. These Noyce Master Teaching Fellows (MTFs) will earn a master’s degree focused on conceptual and pedagogical education for integrating disciplinary language literacy with contextualized science lessons. The project evaluation is designed to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data. It focuses on understanding how the specialized courses designed to provide culturally and socially relevant conceptual and pedagogical content for science and language literacy instruction for EBs, coupled with professional development, can lead to new insights and opportunities for addressing the challenges teachers and teacher educators encounter in their efforts to enhance EBs’ engagement and success in science. This is expected to empower the MTFs to become science instructional leaders in their districts with a focus on reducing instructional disparities, especially among EB students. Approximately 18,900 EBs being taught by MTFs in the partner school districts are expected to be impacted. This Track 3: Master Teaching Fellowships 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 teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the effectiveness and retention 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.

该项目旨在满足民族需求，以支持实践中学教师的信念，知识和实践，以有效地向新兴的双语者（EBS）教授科学，他们在学习另一种新语言时正在发展自己的家庭语言。这些学生经常体验科学教学课程和方法，这些课程对他们的兴趣，科学和语言学习需求没有响应，这证明了EBS与非EB同行相比的科学成就得分较低。这种差距是发展科学识字社会的重要障碍，并且至关重要，因为科学的学习差距阻碍了购买STEM领域和STEM职业的语言和文化多样化的学生的管道。休斯顿大学（UH）的该项目包括与UH教育与自然科学和数学学院，UH STEM中心以及Aldine，Alief和休斯顿独立学区的合作伙伴关系。非营利组织，通过卓越的教学（资产）和新教师中心取得成功的学生，也是项目合作伙伴。项目目标包括在5年期间准备21种经验和模范中层科学教师，以成为休斯顿地区高需求学校的EB学生的教师领导者。这些Noyce大师教学研究员（MTF）将获得硕士学位，专注于概念和教学教育，将纪律语言素养与情境化的科学课程融合在一起。该项目评估旨在分析定量和定性数据。它专注于了解旨在为EBS提供科学和语言扫盲指导的专业课程，以提供文化和社会相关的概念和教学内容，再加上专业发展，可以带来新的见解和机会，以应对教师和教师教育者在增强科学方面的努力方面遇到的挑战。预计这将使MTFS成为其地区的科学教学领导者，重点是减少教学分布，尤其是在EB学生中。 MTF在合作伙伴学区教授的大约18,900 EB会受到影响。这首歌3：大师教学奖学金项目得到了罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）教师奖学金计划（NOYCE）的支持。 NOYCE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老师，并经验丰富的K-12教师，成为高需求学区的STEM大师教师。它还支持有关K-12 STEM教师在高需求学区的有效性和保留的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并通过使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准来评估，被认为是珍贵的支持。