nCASE Director of Training, Dr. Nancy Priselac, serves as the contact for all nCASE teacher training efforts. Dr. Priselac has developed customized one-to-two-day orientations and three-to-five-day training programs. Four areas of concentration have been identified for training:
- MWM module and STEM content knowledge growth
- Inquiry-and design-based teaching using the STEM learning modules
- 21st-century technology to support the inquiry-and design-based classroom
- Mathematics necessary to support inquiry and design content and process
Training programs prepare teachers to implement inductive teaching through inquiry and design methodologies using a variety of tools, including such STEM learning modules as Materials World Modules (MWM), developed at Northwestern University. The five training foci are:
- STEM module and content knowledge growth
- Inuiry-and design-based teaching skills using STEM learning modules
- Use of communication skills to support the inquiry-and design-based classroom
- Integration of research components
- Integration of digital technology, including mathematical gaming to support inquiry and design content and processes
nCASE has trained STEM teachers and scientists and engineers in states across the country:
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