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Title: TEEMUP Workshop Exemplary Partnerships Session I PreService Teacher Programs
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TEEM-UP WorkshopExemplary Partnerships Session
IPre-Service Teacher Programs
Creating and Nurturing Durable and Productive
Collaborations
- The Penn State University
- March 4, 2004
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Creating the PartnershipTypes of Collaboration
- Co-development of a project, product or event
- Finding common ground between, or merging,
existing projects, products or events - Enhances outcomes for all partners
- (not just concurrent or coexisting activities)
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Successful Collaboration
- Collaborations that have meaning, duration and
impact are those where each collaborator has a
clear contribution and commitment to a shared
vision - Contributions vary in nature they may be an
expressed need to be met or a resource to offer
can be either what is brought to the activity
and/or what is derived from the activity - The contributions or contributors may vary in
their levels of centrality to the effort
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Examples
- ENGR/SCIED 497F Fundamentals of Science,
Technology and Engineering Design - Developed in 1998-99
- Interactions among physical concepts, applied
scientific processes, engineering design
principles and associated technologies - Modules Structures / Machines / Circuits
- Enrollments Expanded to 4 sections per year,
- grew from 20 to 112 students annually over 5 yrs.
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Examples, continued
- Integration of pre-service education majors in
engineering design and project courses - First-Year Introduction of Engineering Methods
and Design - First-Year Seminars Toy FUNdamentals and
Toys for Technology Exploration - Senior Capstone Design projects
- Inclusion of education, business and other majors
to emphasize broader aspects, considerations in
design (includes Engineering Projects in Public
Service) - Creative approaches to student assessment/contribu
tions are required
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Examples, continued
- Curriculum development by engineering students
(GK-12 graduate fellows) - Piloting in curriculum and instruction courses
and as part of outreach to schools - Creates early exposure/disposition for
collaboration between pre-service scientists
engineers and pre-service teachers - Fosters a comfort zone among those in different
academic and professional cultures/content areas
in higher education - Develops familiarity with working in school
environment with teachers and other professionals
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Examples, continued
- Research assistants from Education engaged in
educational assessment for engineering courses,
curriculum - Provides real setting for scholarship/research
and helps educators understand technology-focused
educational objectives - Helps engineers see basis for educational theory
and underpinnings of pedagogical research (as
compared to outreach) - Examples of research projects
- Measures/evaluation of learning outcomes
- Mapping to professional expectations, industry
needs - Integration of ethics, global and intercultural
aspects - Retention and diversity studies
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Examples, continued
- Action Potential Program
- A real-world laboratory for creative learning
experiences - Opportunity for pre-service teachers to lead
teams of elementary and middle school students
during week-long summer programs - Opportunities for Junior Mentors from high school
- Topics
- Wizards World of Potions When Worlds Collide
- Crime Scene Investigators
- Mission to Mars
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Examples, continued
- Math Achievement in a New Technology Context
- Creative collaboration between Engineering
Entrepreneurship program and Math Education - Focus on demonstrating math application to
cutting-edge technology fuel cells and hybrid
car performance, micromachines and medical
devices - Fold examples back into 400-level education
courses allows focus on content as well as
methods for achievement in diverse settings
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Caveats and Lessons
- Work towards coordinating infrastructure build
on early successes, draw in other projects and
opportunities, share successes to avoid
reinvention - Build durable person-to-person partnerships
players who understand each others perspectives
and constraints (standards, budgets, time, other
priorities) - Constitute a network of established partnerships
between the University and schools that can be
drawn upon in for various projects - Recognize / reward efforts of all collaborators
as part of workload - Vision partnerships will be an expectation, not
the exception
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