Overview of the book / Cheryl J. Craig, Paige K. Evans and Donna W. Stokes -- Overview of the teachHOUSTON Program / Paige K. Evans, Cheryl J. Craig, Donna W. Stokes and Jeffrey Morgan -- Collaboration between a physics professor and a physics teacher/teacher editor / Donna W. Stokes, Paige K. Evans and Cheryl J. Craig -- A narrative inquiry into teaching physics as inquiry : one teacher's journey / Paige K. Evans, Donna W. Stokes and Cheryl J. Craig -- Enhancing preservice teacher preparation through formal and informal learning experiences / Donna W. Stokes and Paige K. Evans -- Examining the impact of informal experiences on preservice teachers' self-efficacy / Paige K. Evans, Leah McAlister-Shields, Mariam Manuel, Donna W. Stokes, Ha Nguyen and Cheryl J. Craig -- Parents' influence on undergraduate and graduate students' entering the STEM disciplines and STEM careers / Cheryl J. Craig, Rakesh Verma, Donna W. Stokes, Paige K. Evans and Bobby Abrol -- In praise of "unsung teachers" : teachers' influences on students enrolling in STEM programs with the intent of entering STEM careers / Cheryl J. Craig, Paige K. Evans, Rakesh Verma, Donna W. Stokes and Jing Li -- The influence of professors on students enrolled in the STEM programs with the intent of embarking on STEM careers / Jing Li, Paige K. Evans, Cheryl J. Craig, Donna W. Stokes, Rakesh Verma and Gang Zhu -- The value of STEM scholarship grants to undergraduate and graduate students intending to study the STEM disciplines and pursue STEM careers / Jing Li, Cheryl J. Craig, Tenesha Gale, Michele Norton, Gang Zhu, Paige K. Evans, Donna W. Stokes and Rakesh Verma -- Where are the teachHOUSTON preservice candidates now? Are they still in the urban teacher force? / Paige K. Evans, Mariam Manuel, Ha Nguyen, Donna W. Stokes, Cheryl J. Craig, Xiao Han and Jeffrey Morgan -- Final words / Cheryl J. Craig, Paige K. Evans and Donna W. Stokes.
Summary:
"Bridging a gap in the literature by offering a comprehensive look at how STEM teacher education programs evolve over time, this book explores teachHOUSTON, a designer teacher education program that was created to respond to the lack of adequately prepared STEM teachers in Houston and the emerging urban school districts that surround it."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Advances in research on teaching, 1479-3687 ; volume 35
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.