Authentic STEM Laboratory Research Experiences for Pre-service Secondary Teachers

为职前中学教师提供真实的 STEM 实验室研究体验

• 批准号: 2243012
• 负责人: Salam Khan
• 金额: $ 45.28万
• 依托单位: Alabama A&M University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-05-15 至 2026-04-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2243012&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Authentic; STEM; Laboratory; Research; Experiences

This project aims to serve the national need for highly effective science and mathematics teachers by supporting the academic research and professional development of pre-service teachers who will convey understanding and excitement of conducting basic scientific research to their students. In this project, prospective science and mathematics teachers will experience authentic research methods through work as a member of STEM laboratory research teams. These STEM majors will be better equipped to incorporate research and other inquiry-based learning into their future classrooms. They will also participate in professional development activities to gain pedagogical content knowledge and to learn best practices for engaging secondary school students in authentic research experiences.The project at Alabama A&M University will provide research opportunities for pre-service secondary STEM teachers, many of whom may be from groups underrepresented in STEM, in exciting and relevant topics in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. The research experiences will occur over eight-weeks, through a summer program each year for three years. Twenty-four talented pre-service secondary teachers will be recruited, primarily from seven partner institutions in Alabama: Alabama A&M University, University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Alabama in Birmingham, University of West Alabama, Alabama State University, Oakwood University, and Miles College. Participating students will be actively engaged in cutting-edge research under the direct supervision of dedicated, experienced faculty mentors. Additionally, each week two hours will be set aside for professional development training that will foster connections to teaching. This project will help to remedy the shortage of high-quality and research-experienced science and mathematics teachers. Through its evaluation, the project will generate knowledge about the impact of research on teachers' content knowledge and teaching. This Noyce Research Experiences for pre-service teachers 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 districts. It also supports research on the 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.

该项目旨在通过支持服务前教师的学术研究和专业发展，以表达对学生进行基础科学研究的理解和兴奋，以满足国家对高效科学和数学教师的需求。在这个项目中，前瞻性科学和数学教师将通过作为STEM实验室研究团队成员的工作来体验真实的研究方法。这些STEM专业的专业将是更好的能力，可以将研究和其他基于询问的学习纳入其未来的教室。他们还将参加专业发展活动，以获取教学知识知识，并学习使中学学生参与真实研究经验的最佳实践。阿拉巴马州A＆M大学的项目将为服务前的中学老师提供研究机会，其中许多人可能可以来自STEM中代表性不足的群体，在生物学，化学，数学和物理学方面令人兴奋且相关的主题。研究经验将在八个周中进行，每年三年来通过一个夏季计划。将招募二十四名才华横溢的二级教师，主要来自阿拉巴马州的七家合作伙伴机构：阿拉巴马州A＆M大学，阿拉巴马大学，亨茨维尔大学，阿拉巴马大学，伯明翰大学，西阿拉巴马大学，阿拉巴马州，阿拉巴马州立大学，奥克伍德大学，奥克伍德大学，奥克伍德大学和奥克伍德大学，和英里学院。在专门的，经验丰富的教师导师的直接监督下，参加的学生将积极参与尖端研究。此外，每个星期都将预留两个小时的专业发展培训，以促进与教学的联系。该项目将有助于弥补缺乏高质量和研究经验的科学和数学教师的短缺。通过评估，该项目将产生有关研究对教师内容知识和教学的影响的知识。罗伯特·诺伊斯（Robert Noyce）教师奖学金计划（NOYCE）支持了这项为职前教师项目的Noyce研究经验。 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老师，成为高需求地区的STEM大师教师。它还支持有关K-12 STEM教师在高需求学区的保留和有效性的研究。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响评估标准通过评估来支持的。