Appalachian
Collaborative Center for
Learning, Assessment, and Instruction in Mathematics (ACCLAIM)
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ACCLAIM, a National Science Foundation Center for
Learning and Teaching, invites applications for a new doctoral program in
rural mathematics education beginning summer 2002. The program seeks
participants from southern Appalachia with some background in mathematics.
It offers them the opportunity to pursue an advanced degree emphasizing
the teaching and learning of mathematics in a rural setting, and it does
so without requiring them to leave work and family for long periods. Ohio
University and the Universities of Kentucky, Louisville, and Tennessee are
cooperating to offer this degree.
The program comprises three years of extensive coursework in mathematics,
mathematics education, rural sociology, and research methodologies,
followed by research leading to a dissertation. During those first three
years students will attend an intensive five-week seminar each summer on a
university campus-room and board provided. They will complete the rest of
the coursework via distance education courses offered (videoconferencing,
internet, etc.) Students will receive ongoing guidance from university
faculty and will also have mentors in the form of ACCLAIM scholars from
their geographic area. The second and third summer seminars, together with
an internship at home during the year between, will satisfy the
traditional doctoral residency requirement. Tuition subsidies are also
available.
We are now taking applications for the second cohort, to begin in 2004. The first cohort is currently under way. For consideration, please complete the application immediately.
NOTE: Subsequent to preliminary review by the ACCLAIM program,
participants must also apply to the Graduate School of the institution of
their choice. The ACCLAIM office will provide guidance on this procedure.
Admission to the ACCLAIM cohort is contingent upon, but not guaranteed by,
admission to the appropriate Graduate School. |
SPACER Presentation
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Inquiries
about the program may be directed to ACCLAIM@utk.edu |
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