Welcome to the Smith College STEMTEC Home Page. The Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Teacher Education Collaborative is a $5 million NSF-funded program whose goals are:
- to change the way science and math classes are taught
- to improve the preparation of science and math teachers
- to bring more diversity into the science and math classroom
Who We Are
STEMTEC began in July of 1998 with a two-week institute attended by approximately 40 college faculty who participated in workshops on student-active learning strategies and began work with others in their fields on new or revised courses. They were assisted by fourteen K-12 teachers who are experts in the new pedagogic approaches. Another K-12 teacher attended three days of the workshop and designed prototype teaching experiences for science and math majors. The attendees of the institute also worked on developing ways to support new science and math teachers and to how to attract under-represented groups to science and math teaching. NSF provides funds for scholarships to assist the recruiting efforts.
Partners in STEMTEC include the "Five Colleges" (Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst), Greenfield Community College, Holyoke Community College, and Springfield Technical Community College.
Contact Information
For more information about STEMTEC offerings at Smith College or at your school, please see the links below:
For STEMTEC at Smith College, contact:
Graham Kent
Clark Science Center
Smith College
Northampton, MA 01063
413-585-7513
gkent@smith.edu
Send mail to gkent@smith.edu with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: May 21, 2001