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Advancing Research & Innovation in STEM Education of Preservice Teachers in High-Needs School Districts

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Service Learning Within a Secondary Math and Science Teacher Education Program: Preservice MAT Teachers’ Perspectives

Previous literature suggests that service learning may offer new opportunities to support the development of preservice science and math teachers, but few studies examine service learning beyond isolated teaching events. In this qualitative study, we attempt to improve upon this literature by following Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) students’ views of their service learning […]

Recruiting, Preparing, and Retaining High Quality Secondary Mathematics and Science Teachers for Urban Schools: The Cal Teach Experimental Program

Recruiting, preparing, and retaining high quality secondary mathematics and science teachers are three of the most critical problems in our nation’s urban schools that serve a vast majority of children from socially and economically disadvantaged backgrounds (Council on Science and Technology and the Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning, 2007; EdSource, 2008; Rumberger, […]

Recruiting Science Majors into Secondary Science Teaching: Paid Internships in Informal Science Settings

Despite the importance of recruiting highly qualified individuals into the science teaching profession, little is known about the effectiveness of particular recruitment strategies. Over 3 years, 34 college science majors and undecided students were recruited into paid internships in informal science settings to consider secondary science teaching as a career. Analysis of interns’ subsequent career […]

In Pursuit of Sustainable STEM Certification Programs

The belief that STEM (science,technology, engineering, and mathematics) education initiatives have the potential to stimulate both regional and national economies has prompted policy makers and funding agencies to revisit how STEM teachers are recruited, prepared, and retained. This article investigates the impact of a unique pre-scholarship internship available to freshman and sophomore science majors who […]

Influence of Scholarships on STEM Teachers: Cluster Analysis and Characteristics

Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers’ perceptions about the influence of scholarship on their decision to teach and to teach in a high-needs school were examined using cluster analysis. Three hundred and four Noyce scholars, who were currently teaching, and who received funding from 45 institutions located throughout the United States responded to this […]

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE- 2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.