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Attracting PhDs to K-12 Education A Demonstration Program for Science, Mathematics, and Technology (2002) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
Pages 5-9

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... in 1995 showed that, while U.S. fourth-graders scored above the international average in mathematics, eighth-graders scored slightly below the average and high school students scored near the bottom in both science and mathematics compared with their counterparts in other countries (National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES)
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... Yet several recent studies indicate that the number of postdoctoral fellows in the United States has been growing and that they, as well as PhDs who do not undertake postdoctoral work, have experienced difficulty in finding permanent careers in either academia or industry (National Research Council (NRC)
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... The goal of this project is to create a cadre of educators who are deeply knowledgeable about science, mathematics, and engineering and deeply committed to K-12 education who will be capable of helping children learn and understand these key aspects of the modern world. Phase I of the project undertook a major national survey of science and mathematics graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to ascertain the conditions under which they would be interested in teaching careers at the
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... " Although few of the respondents expressed an interest in becoming K-6 teachers, between 55 and 82 percent of the respondents interested in secondary school teaching positions indicated that they were interested in becoming science or mathematics specialists for a school district, science resource teacher for a school; or taking positions in curriculum development, teacher professional development, science education partnerships, university-based science education research centers, and science museums or similar institutions (NRC, 2000a)
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... potential sources of funding for various components of the proThe agenda and participant list for the workshop are in Appendix B In addition to the valuable information gained at the workshop, the committee used various sources of data and information in its work, including the national consensus standards for K-12 science, mathematics, and technology education; previous NRC reports on issues of teacher supply and the improvement of science, mathematics, and technology education in grades K-12; and the general research literature on K-12 education, graduate education, and postdoctoral experiences.
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