Information for Educators
The National Science Foundation supports many programs for educators at all levels, in
both formal and informal educational settings. Special programs include those supporting
junior faculty members; research on learning and intelligent systems; curriculum and
instructional materials development; awards for excellence in science and mathematics
teaching, and more. More information on these and other programs can be found in the home
page of the Directorate for Education and Human
Resources; selected programs and informational features for educators are:
Programs for Elementary and Secondary Educators
- Programs supported by the Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal
Education include the Teacher Professional Continuum; the Instructional Materials
Development Program; the Informal Science
Education Program; the
Presidential Awards for
Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST) Program; the
Centers for Learning and Teaching;and the ITEST
Programs for
Undergraduate Educators
-
Programs supported by the Divison of Undergraduate Education
include the
Advanced Technological Education program, the
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement program, and the NSF
Collaboratives for Excellence in Teacher Preparation program.
In addition, the Division of Educational System Reform supports the
NSF K-12 Systemic Initiatives, a nationwide effort to
catalyze the building of a world-class K-12 science, mathematics and
technology educational system through the reform of a significant number of
the Nation's state, urban and rural educational systems.
Programs and Information for
Graduate Educators
-
Several other items may be of interest to graduate educators. One is an
NSF-sponsored National Institute for Science Education
forum on graduate education, which was held June 29-30, 1998 in
Arlington, Virginia. This forum featured promising practices in
graduate education in the United States and alternative strategies for
successfully implementing such practices. Dr. Bordogna (Deputy Director,
NSF) was one of the opening speakers at the event, presenting an NSF
overview, as well as Dr. Eamon Kelly, new Chair of the National Science Board.
In October, 1997, the National Science Board held a convocation in Houston,
Texas, on "The Federal Role in Science and Engineering Graduate and
Postdoctoral Education." The Board's report,
The Federal Role in Science and Engineering Graduate and Postdoctoral
Education: Contribution to the Government/University Partnership
Presidential Review Directive (GUPPRD), and
minutes
of the Convocation, are available from the
National Science Board
home page.
Information on NSF programs supporting graduate education can be found
on the home page of the Division of Graduate Education
(EHR). Additional information on programs that provide support to
graduate students and postdoctorates is available on the Student Interests page.
CAREER: Faculty
Early Career Development Program
- CAREER awards, made to junior-level university faculty, emphasize the
importance the Foundation places on integrating research and education
activities in academic careers.
Integrative Research and Education Programs
- The integration of research and education represents one aspect of the
Foundation's commitment to the core strategy of integrating research and
education, as articulated in the strategic plan,
NSF in a
Changing World. Among the special programs at NSF focusing on this strategy are the
CIRE program
(Collaboratives to Integrate Research and Education), the GK-12 program (NSF
Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education), the IGERT program
(Integrative Graduate Education and Research Training), and the VIGRE program (Grants
for Vertical Integration of Research and Education in the Mathematical
Sciences). Information is also available about Awards for the Integration
of Research and Education at Baccalaureate Institutions.
Links of Interest to
Teachers
-
These are Internet links collected by the Directorate for Education
and Human Resources, highlighting activities and experiments teachers can use
to enhance their teaching with or without the Internet.
- Teachers may also be interested in the NSF's Learning and Intelligent Systems
program, which in 1997 made awards to three Centers for
Collaborative Research on Learning Technologies (CRLT).
|