Impact of a Robert Noyce Scholarship on STEM Teacher Recruitment

Morrell, Patricia D.; Salomone, Stephanie

doi:10.2505/4/jcst17_047_02_16

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“…In addition, the program offered teacher education advisory support (Artzt& Curcio, 2008;Worsham et al, 2014). The selection of the interns was based on their primary interests in considering a STEM teaching career and helping young children in learning STEM (Luft, Fletcher, & Fortney, 2005;Morrell & Salomone, 2017). Hence, the Summer Internship Program "seemed well-poised to serve as an effective science/math teacher recruitment" (Borgerding, 2015, p. 265).…”

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“…Over the 3-year period, the University of Portland recruited 24 student interns (Morrell & Salomone, 2017). The interns were asked to respond to, "Why interns apply for the summer program, how they feel they benefitted from their participation, and whether the summer internship swayed any to consider teaching as a career possibility" (Morrell & Salomone, 2017, p. 17).…”

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Recruiting Future STEM Teachers through Summer Internship Program

Wong-Ratcliff¹,

Mundy²

2019

JEHD

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The shortage of highly qualified STEM teachers has risen to a national concern. This article discusses the endeavor of a university in South Texas in recruiting future STEM teachers through the NSF Robert Noyce Summer Internship Program. The four-week paid internship program provided the undergraduate STEM majors with the opportunity to observe and participate in STEM education. The findings from the surveys indicated that the internship program made a positive impact on the interns. Their interest in teaching in the STEM area increased because of the Noyce Summer Internship Program. Owing to the positive experiences, a majority of the Noyce Interns decided to pursue teaching certificates to become high school STEM teachers.

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Section: Impact Of Noyce Internship Program On Stem Teacher Recruitmentmentioning

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Recruiting Future STEM Teachers through Summer Internship Program

Wong-Ratcliff¹,

Mundy²

2019

JEHD

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“…As stated above, there is limited research on STEM teacher recruitment programs and how these programs influence teacher learning and development (see again Luft et al, 2011). The studies that do exist tend to examine single-institution programs or courses (e.g., Carpenter, 2016;Choi & Linton, 2020;Czworkowski & Seethaler, 2013;Fletcher & Luft, 2011;Luft et al, 2005;Morrell & Salomone, 2017;Swanson & Coddington, 2016;Whang-Sayson et al, 2017). In particular, we found few existing studies that examine the influence of recruitment programs on STEM undergraduates' decisions to pursue a career in teaching, one of the two main purposes of our study (e.g., Morrell & Salomone, 2017;Worsham et al, 2014).…”

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“…The studies that do exist tend to examine single-institution programs or courses (e.g., Carpenter, 2016;Choi & Linton, 2020;Czworkowski & Seethaler, 2013;Fletcher & Luft, 2011;Luft et al, 2005;Morrell & Salomone, 2017;Swanson & Coddington, 2016;Whang-Sayson et al, 2017). In particular, we found few existing studies that examine the influence of recruitment programs on STEM undergraduates' decisions to pursue a career in teaching, one of the two main purposes of our study (e.g., Morrell & Salomone, 2017;Worsham et al, 2014). As an example, Morrell and Salomone (2017) investigated a recruitment program that provided first-and secondyear STEM undergraduates at one university with a summer teaching internship at an informal science organization.…”

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“…In particular, we found few existing studies that examine the influence of recruitment programs on STEM undergraduates' decisions to pursue a career in teaching, one of the two main purposes of our study (e.g., Morrell & Salomone, 2017;Worsham et al, 2014). As an example, Morrell and Salomone (2017) investigated a recruitment program that provided first-and secondyear STEM undergraduates at one university with a summer teaching internship at an informal science organization. They found that, although the internship provided interns insights into teaching, the program was not successful at recruiting them into the teaching profession.…”

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Impacts of an Undergraduate STEM Teacher Recruitment and Preparation Program on Prospective Teachers’ Aspirations and Understanding

Carpenter¹,

Arevalo²,

Macias³

et al. 2022

Research in Practice: Preparing and Retaining K-12 STEM Teachers in High-Need School Districts

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We investigated how participating in a STEM teacher recruitment program impacted undergraduate students’ decisions to pursue teaching and their self-reported preparation for teaching. We collected and analyzed survey and interview data from current and former participants of a University of California system-wide STEM teacher recruitment program called CalTeach. We found a significant relationship between undergraduates’ decision to pursue a career in teaching and the number of undergraduate education courses they completed. We also found that undergraduates who decided to pursue a career in teaching reported various ways that CalTeach influenced their decision. Undergraduates reported that participating in CalTeach reinforced or strengthened their decision to pursue teaching and that the classroom-based field experiences were especially helpful in shaping their decision. Indeed, the field experience component of CalTeach provided participants with opportunities to gain experience working with students in a variety of grade levels and classroom contexts, gain a teacher’s perspective of classrooms, and gain opportunities to practice teaching or to apply theory and methods. Further, we found that undergraduates who decided not to pursue a teaching career also reported ways that CalTeach influenced their decision. For many in this latter group, CalTeach helped them realize that a career in teaching was not aligned with their strengths or interests. Finally, we found that CalTeach participants reported gaining more knowledge of current science and mathematics standards and a greater appreciation of teachers. However, fewer participants reported gaining an understanding of teaching multilingual learners. Our findings strengthen the argument for the implementation of STEM teacher recruitment programs and suggest ways to improve these programs. Recruitment programs should attend to the types of field experiences offered and how field experiences and coursework can deepen prospective teachers’ understanding of reform-based instruction for linguistically diverse students.

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Pre-Service Physics Teacher Education

Sorge

Otero

Lavonen

2023

The International Handbook of Physics Education Research: Teaching Physics

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In this chapter, we provide a comprehensive overview over trends in and research on pre-service physics teacher education. Pre-service teacher education lays the foundation for the instruction we can observe in physics classrooms, the ways physics teachers communicate, and develop further in their careers. Yet, often times physics teachers are not adequately prepared to teach physics specifically. In the past years, several attempts have been made to address this shortcoming of qualified physics teachers through increasing the enrollment of teacher candidates and strengthening pre-service physics teacher programs itself. Thus, in our review, we discuss current trends and standards in physics teacher education worldwide and highlight which different program structures of pre-service physics teacher education arose. Furthermore, we delineate frameworks that describe professional knowledge and skills as well as additional personal characteristics such as teacher identity that pre-service physics teachers are expected to develop. Based on those frameworks, we present research on the impact that teacher educators and specific learning environments can have on pre-service physics teachers. We conclude the chapter by highlighting initiatives that aim to increase the enrollment of pre-service physics teachers and by identifying possible ways to advance research on pre-service physics teacher education.

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Impact of a Robert Noyce Scholarship on STEM Teacher Recruitment

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Recruiting Future STEM Teachers through Summer Internship Program

Recruiting Future STEM Teachers through Summer Internship Program

Impacts of an Undergraduate STEM Teacher Recruitment and Preparation Program on Prospective Teachers’ Aspirations and Understanding

Pre-Service Physics Teacher Education

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