The Center for Precollegiate Education and Training (UF CPET) promotes and supports the use of the facilities and faculty of the research university in the preparation and enhancement of science and technology teaching at the secondary education level. As the University of Florida “umbrella” for the articulation and transfer of science and technology to public school and community college teachers, students and the public-at-large, UF CPET combines many outreach activities, providing access to university research disciplines/faculty and fostering life-long relationships between researchers, teachers and students. UF CPET science education programs enable individualized and team-centered direct, and ultimately pervasive, public dissemination of research and knowledge through enhanced teaching.
These objectives allow teachers, students, graduate students, researchers and industry stakeholders to be at the forefront of science and technology literacy, educational vision and workforce development by uniting them in laboratory-based investigations and technology-driven solutions in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
DCU Number: 10.2550
