Only two of the six grantees in this group, Pace University and the University of Oregon, are collegiate teacher education programs, which points to the increasing role of non-collegiate institutions in efforts to support teaching. Two of the grantees (Lawrence Hall of Science and New York Hall of Science) are science museums, one working with uncertified pre-kindergarten program staff, and the other with college students considering careers in science or science teaching. A college of medicine (Baylor) trained elementary school teachers, while a non-profit organization (Center for Applied Linguistics), focused on teachers of teachers.

Three of these projects involve science education. Four were designed for in-service teachers and administrators, including, in one case, college faculty. Four projects continue to generate substantial funding, while a fifth was self-terminating.

While the projects described here are atypical of teacher education programs, they do suggest an increasing willingness among teachers and school systems to regard agencies other than colleges and universities as significant sources of the training that they need, especially in the sciences. Conversely, museums--in history and the arts as well as in the sciences--are taking their educational role one step further by bringing to teachers, both pre-service and in-service, the imaginative teaching techniques they have developed.

24. Baylor College of Medicine: Houston Elementary Science Alliance .

25. University of California at Berkeley, Lawrence Hall of Science: Enhancing Science and Mathematics Education for Child Care Providers and Preschool Teachers.

26. The Center for Applied Linguistics: Improving Elementary School Foreign Language Teacher Education.

27. New York Hall of Science: The Science Teacher Career Ladder.

28. Pace University: Case Studies for Teacher Trainers.

29. University of Oregon: Beyond Academics in the Preparation of Education Leaders.

[Mathematical Association of America] [Table of Contents] [Baylor College of Medicine]

Top

FIPSE Home