Creating a Pipeline to STEM Careers Through Service-Learning: The AFT Program

by: Anton Puvirajah, Lisa Martin-Hansen, and Geeta Verma

The Academy for Future Teachers (AFT) is a STEM education and career recruitment program for Metro Atlanta high school students, hosted by Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. This program was developed in response to the changing demographics of our students: shifting much more quickly than the demographics of our teacher populations in the United States. In this chapter, the authors provide information about the AFT Program.

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Type Book ChapterPub Date 9/20/2012Stock # PB192X8_8

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