2018 Conference Archive (Archived)
Building a Strong Foundation: Using a Shared Elementary Field Experience for Preservice STEM Educators
Session Format
Poster Session (90 minutes)
Target Audience
Post Secondary Education
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Abstract for the conference program
We will present our redesigned initial field experience for pre-service secondary STEM educators in an undergraduate teacher preparation program for math and science teaching in grades 6-12. We collaborated with a local elementary afterschool program to prepare and teach STEM lessons to each week during the semester. We will share information about the organization of the semester schedule to plan and implement 12 weekly shared teaching experiences, details about our planning process in class and using online collaboration tools, insights gained during the shared teaching experiences and the ways in which we debrief lessons and scaffold student reflection and self evaluation. Finally, we will address the value of this experience as a foundation for preparing middle and high school STEM teachers. The intended audience for this poster is anyone interested in pre-service STEM education, informal STEM education, or building collaborations between K-12 schools and university programs.
Proposal Track
T2: Applied STEM Education
Start Date
3-22-2018 6:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Apraiz, Kristen and Evans, Gayle N., "Building a Strong Foundation: Using a Shared Elementary Field Experience for Preservice STEM Educators" (2018). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019) (Archived). 18.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2018/2018/18
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Building a Strong Foundation: Using a Shared Elementary Field Experience for Preservice STEM Educators
We will present our redesigned initial field experience for pre-service secondary STEM educators in an undergraduate teacher preparation program for math and science teaching in grades 6-12. We collaborated with a local elementary afterschool program to prepare and teach STEM lessons to each week during the semester. We will share information about the organization of the semester schedule to plan and implement 12 weekly shared teaching experiences, details about our planning process in class and using online collaboration tools, insights gained during the shared teaching experiences and the ways in which we debrief lessons and scaffold student reflection and self evaluation. Finally, we will address the value of this experience as a foundation for preparing middle and high school STEM teachers. The intended audience for this poster is anyone interested in pre-service STEM education, informal STEM education, or building collaborations between K-12 schools and university programs.
