ERIC Number: EJ1194671
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1927-2677
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An Innovative STEM Education Framework for a Changing Educational Landscape
Guerrero, Shannon; Crites, Terry; Hovermill, Jeffrey; Beaudrie, Brian
Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, v7 n2 p88-97 2018
This article describes features of NAUTeach, a secondary mathematics teacher preparation program that is modeled on the UTeach program at the University of Texas-Austin. NAUTeach is a research-based STEM program that develops the next generation of mathematics and science teachers by engaging them in rigorous content and methodology coursework specifically developed to provide a broad, cross-curricular framework of innovative instruction. NAUTeach has been specifically designed to serve the needs of preservice mathematics and science teachers as they embark on teaching a new generation of students in an ever changing world. The NAUTeach program focuses on the development of inquiry-based instructional methods, reflective practice, and peer collaboration through a carefully sequenced series of courses that consistently promote early and frequent field work and a learner-centered focus of teaching and learning. Though the NAUTeach program is a blended mathematics and science teacher preparation program, this article will focus on the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers by describing the cross-curricular (mathematics & science) methodological sequence of courses, along with the mathematics-specific pedagogical courses, that preservice mathematics teacher candidates take as part of this program. Connections between the NAUTeach program and guidelines for the content and pedagogical preparation of teachers will be made with specific attention paid to the development of reflective, innovative, flexible, and reform-oriented mathematics teachers.
Descriptors: Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education, STEM Education, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Innovation, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Sequential Approach, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Texas (Austin)
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