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标题：Educators in Industry: An Exploratory Study to Determine how Teacher Externships Influence K-12 Classroom Practices
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作者：Bradley Bowen ; Teresa Shume
期刊名称：Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research
印刷版ISSN：1557-5284
电子版ISSN：1557-5284
出版年度：2018
卷号：19
期号：1
语种：English
出版社：Institute of STEM Education and Research
摘要：This exploratory study investigates the impacts of industry-based externships for K-12 teachers, and reports teachersâ€™ perspectives on how these experiences influenced K-12 classroom practices. The program of focus in this research study is the Educators in Industry: K-12 Externship Program. For four weeks in the summer, teacher-participants are placed at a company whose primary focus is engineering, continuous improvement, manufacturing, or other design or process-oriented activities. Participation in the program also involves completing an accompanying 2-credit university course in the summer, and a 1-credit follow-up course in the fall. In this qualitative research study, transcripts from individual interviews with teacher-participants were analyzed using a grounded theory approach. Results from this study provide empirical evidence that teachers who participated in an industry-based externship program demonstrated an increased understanding of the fundamental importance of skills for problem solving, collaboration, and communication in todayâ€™s workplace environments, and expressed commitment to creating classroom opportunities for students to develop these skills through active learning in relationship to authentic, â€œreal worldâ€ contexts.
关键词：Teacher Externship;Industry Experience;Classroom Practice;Professional Development;21st Century Skills