Preparing Future Faculty in the Sciences and Mathematics

A Guide for Change

• Author(s): Anne S. Pruitt-Logan, Jerry G. Gaff, Joyce E. Jentoft,
• Publisher: Council of Graduate Schools
• Pages: 103
• ISBN_10: 0970268017
  ISBN_13: 9780970268013
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Education / Schools / Levels / Higher , Education / Teaching / General , Education / Teaching / Subjects / Science & Technology , Education / Teacher Training & Certification ,

Description:... This guide is based on a project titled "Shaping the Preparation of Future Science and Mathematics Faculty," a 4-year effort supported by the National Science Foundation. This volume contains lessons learned by faculty members, graduate students, and academic administrators who established innovative programs as part of the initiative. The chapters are: (1) "A New Vision of Graduate Preparation for Science and Mathematics Faculty"; (2) "Strategies for Establishing a PFF Program"; (3) "Content of PFF Program sin the Sciences and Mathematics"; (4) "Outcomes of PFF Programs"; and (5) "Prospects for the Future." Appendixes discuss "Graduate Students and Postdoctorates from Phase 3 PFF Disciplines" and "PFF3 Faculty Leaders and Partner Institutions." (Contains 62 references.) (SLD).