Work in progress: STEM capacity building and STEM outreach in India: A report on a recent NSF sponsored GK-12 George Mason trip to India

Author

Henning, P. ; Ganesan, Rajeshwari ; Sterling, Douglas

Author_Institution

Coll. of Integrated Sci. & Eng., James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

3-6 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This session reports on the experiences of seven NSF GK-12 fellows, A PI and Co-PI and external evaluator who participated in a one month trip to India in December, 2011-January, 2012. The seven fellows are a part of a GK-12 STEM capacity building program sponsored by the National Science Foundation that pairs graduate fellows with K-12 teachers to bring hands on, cutting edge, inquiry based science to the classrooms in the Northern Virginia area.

Keywords

physics education; professional aspects; teacher training; GK-12 STEM capacity building program; India; K-12 teachers; NSF; National Science Foundation; Northern Virginia; STEM outreach; USA; cutting edge science; graduate fellows; inquiry-based science; Buildings; Educational institutions; Fellows; Interviews; Science - general; US Government; GK-12; India; International Travel; STEM Capacity Building; STEM Outreach;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1353-7

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2012.6462420

Filename

6462420