Mission/Goal:
My goal for this project is to design a curriculum for an after
school program that will integrate robotics into science,
technology,
engineering and mathematics courses in the Boston Public Schools.
I hope to design a curriculum that will support Boston
students
in learning the technology/engineering frameworks that are included
in the statewide assessment test, which is currently not
taught
in the classroom. I will also be designing and developing a summer
professional development program for the teachers to learn
to
teach this new curriculum. My research will be focused on what
has middle school teachers be prepared to teach a technology/engineering
curriculum. I am specifically looking at this through the lens
of pedagogical context knowledge. My current approach for
this
Outcomes:
To date (June 22, 2006):
* 10-session robotics curriculum written
* Curriculum tested in two 8th grade classrooms
* Two-week teacher professional development program developed
* Journal article accepted (link to .pdf pending publication)
* Student participating in the program wins $15,000 scholarship
for her assistive robot design!
* Qualifying paper in progress!
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Associated Links:
Center
for Engineering Education Outreach
TechBoston
Massachusetts
Technology/Engineering Frameworks
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