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PRISM, the Problems and Research to Integrate
Science and Mathematics program, offers annual fellowships to Emory
University graduate students and middle/high school
teachers to develop and implement innovative K-12
lessons using problem-based
learning (PBL) and investigative case-based learning (ICBL) pedagogies.
The Fellows form collaborative teams to infuse precollege
students with a compelling need to know about the science and math behind real-world
problems. Our Fellows facilitate small groups of students
as they use a combination of teamwork and self-directed learning to
investigate the problems and cases we have developed. We hope students
will develop life-long problem-solving strategies based on asking appropriate questions,
uncovering answers through investigation, and sharing knowledge with peers.
PRISM intends to influence the next generation of scientists by
providing graduate students with opportunities to practice teaching,
communication, and research dissemination skills, and by fostering
scientific literacy in public school students. Through this effort we will
make changes across the continuum of K-12, undergraduate, and graduate
education.
| "Implementing the cases has enabled me to relinquish some of the control in my classroom and surrender it to the students. That has been an enormous paradigm shift. It has also, in a sense forced me to increase my content knowledge in certain areas in order to write good cases that adequately address the standards. I am becoming better in guiding the students through the problem solving process, as opposed to just giving them the answers." |
| – Teacher Fellow, 2008 |
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Products
Discover the amazing cases, presentations, publications,
and reports that PRISM participants have developed.
Methods
Find out how PRISM recruits and develops its participants, develops and
implements its lessons, and evaluates the program.
Resources
Explore our recommended links to case repositories,
guidance on case development and implementation,
national and state standards, education reform, evaluating Web resources,
and more.
Participants
Meet our Fellows! Read their
bios! Aren't they wonderful?
You can be that wonderful, too. Apply here.
Calendar
What we do and when we do it.
Pictures
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LearnLink
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across distance and time with this Intranet service (the content here
is only
for PRISM participants).
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PRISM is managed by the Center
for Science Education at Emory
University. Current funding is
provided by a five-year $2 million GK-12
grant from the National Science Foundation, and by contributions from
the Emory University Graduate School and Office
of the Provost.
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