Developing teacher professional resilience through place based education and mentoring
Date
2017
Authors
Wright, DeeDee, author
Balgopal, Meena, author
Weinberg, Andrea, author
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Historically in the US, some students are underrepresented in STEM fields. Quality STEM teachers can advance efforts to close these gaps. However, 17-50% of teachers leave within the first 5 years. The goal of the project is to develop resilient teachers by providing tools to be successful as they encounter a dynamic education landscape. This will be accomplished using a two-pronged approach of mentoring and place-based education curriculum. The proposed project will take a novel approach examining human interaction between teachers and the education community through a social ecological systems framework. We predict this model will increase STEM teacher resilience.
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STEM
teacher education
teacher resilience