Designing and Implementing Micro-Credentials to Support STEM Teaching: Lessons from Louisiana's Project to Improve Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education Through Micro-Credentialing
Julia H. Kaufman
Bok Engelsk 2023
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| Utgitt | RAND Corporation , 2023
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| Opplysninger | In this report, the authors provide a preliminary look at the Improving Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education Through Micro-Credentialing project to develop and implement micro-credentials as a means of providing scalable, competency-based certification of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teaching skills in Louisiana. For this project, the RAND Corporation partnered with the Louisiana Department of Education, Louisiana State University (LSU), and BloomBoard, Inc. (BBI), to develop 18 micro-credentials giving teachers the opportunity to demonstrate competency in STEM instructional topics related to pre-engineering, digital design and emergent media, and computer science. The ultimate goal of this project is to improve teaching and learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses and to expand this micro-credential model across Louisiana. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the development of these micro-credentials (beginning in fall 2019) and the first year of the implementation of the micro-credentials with participating teachers in the 2021–2022 school year, as well as lessons learned to support those who are developing or implementing micro-credentials in other settings.
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