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GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR TEACHER EDUCAOTRS CONCERNED WITH THE GENDER GAP IN
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY
The Teacher Education Mentor Project is a three-year national
project designed to infuse gender equity instruction throughout
mathematics, science and technology methods courses for elementary
and secondary preservice education students. Collaborative teams from
seven colleges and universities are invited to participate in this
innovative project.
As a participant:
* Your team will receive a gender equity grant of $5,000, to be
matched by $1,000 from your college or university, to implement a gender
equity project which promotes the teaching and learning of gender equity
in mathematics, science, and technology (MST) for preservice teachers.
* Your project team will assess and evaluate the need for gender
equity instruction in your MST methods courses.
* You will work with an experienced gender equity mentor over two
years during five on-site visits to plan and implement strategic remedies.
* A project mentor will provide you with consultation, instruction
and support as your project team expands its knowledge of MST gender
equity issues and solutions.
* You will teach gender equity to your preservice students using
Gender Equity Right from the Start by Jo Sanders, Janice Koch, and
Josephine Urso (in press). This book contains over 200 teaching
activities that were fully tested by 61 education professors in a
preceding national project.
* You will be part of a challenging and rewarding experience as
you develop a new area of expertise and create programmatic change in your
teacher education program.
* You will help your students become prepared to meet the gender
equity needs of all their students, encourage hundreds of thousands of
girls to achieve and persist in mathematics, science and technology.
Funder:
National Science Foundation, Grant No. HRD-99555665, $900,000
Mentors: Dr. Cherry Brewton, Georgia Southern University
Dr. Gerald Krockover, Purdue University
Dr. Leah McCoy, Wake Forest University
Dr. Margaret Niess, Oregon State University
Dr. Jenny Piazza, University of Southern Colorado
Dr. Martha Voyles, Grinnell College
Ms. Jo Sanders, Principal Investigator
FOR AN APPLICATION AND INFORMATION:
http:// weber.u.washington.edu/~cgetsme
Jo Sanders, Principal Investigator
Teacher Education Mentor Project
College of Education, Box 353600
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 616-8371, fax -8584
<sandersj@u.washington.edu>
APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 14, 1997
Men and people of color are especially encouraged to apply