A Development Program for K-6 Teachers in Multidisciplinary Science and Inquiry Skills

该项目在小学开发了一个以探究为导向的量化科学方案，并建立了一个同行教师向其他教师提供在职指导的方案。1987年夏天，五名在前NSF项目中接受培训的同辈导师将参加在纽约州立大学/科特兰分校举行的为期一周的领导力强化研讨会。研讨会的目的是让教师作好准备，为参与一九八七至八九年度计划的五个学区的教师担任顾问和教学促进者。暑假期间还将为来自五个地区的五名同伴/导师教师、二十名K-6教师、十名初中/高中科学教师和小学校长举办为期两天的讲习班。这个工作坊的目的是促进同辈/导师教师与地区工作人员之间的工作关系。在1987-88学年，20名k-6级教师将参加每隔一周举行的16次两个半小时的教学课程。在每隔一周，项目工作人员将访问每个参与者的教室。工作人员访问的目的是帮助这些同行教师将科学内容教学和方法落实到他们的课堂上。在实施阶段(1988-87学年)，每个学区的四名教师将实施在职方案。在这一阶段，巴尔博士将对这五所学校分别进行十次访问。这些访问将有助于促进将科学计划落实到学区的所有小学教室。在当地组织、企业和行业的支持下，参与者将可以获得迷你助学金，在他们的教室里进行一个迷你研究项目。该计划的第二个特色是Make It/Take It工作坊，在此期间，将构建课堂教学材料，供教师课堂使用。项目主任Bonnie B.Barr博士为小学教师举办了许多在职科学研讨会。她是一系列教科书的作者，并参与了许多课程项目。

This project develops an inquiry oriented, quantitative science program in the elementary school and establishes a program by which peer teachers provide inservice guidance to other teachers. During the summer of 1987, five peer mentor teachers trained in a former NSF project will attend a one week intensive leadership seminar on the SUNY/Cortland campus. The purpose of the seminar is to prepare the teachers to serve as consultants and facilitators of instruction for teachers from the five school districts participating in the 1987-89 project. A two day workshop will also be held during the summer for five peer/mentor teachers, twenty K-6 teachers, ten junior/senior high school science teachers, and elementary principals from each of the five districts. The purpose of this workshop is to promote working relationships between peer/mentor teachers and staff of the districts. During the 1987-88 school year the twenty k-6 teachers will participate in sixteen 2 1/2 hour instructional sessions which will be held every other week. During alternate weeks the project staff will visit each participants classroom. The purpose of the staff visitation is to help these peer teachers implement the science content instruction and the methodologies into their classrooms. During the implementation phase (academic 1988-87) the four teachers from each district will conduct inservice programs. During this phase Dr. Barr will make ten visits to each of the five schools. The visits will help facilitate implementation of the science program into all elementary classrooms of the districts. Mini-grants, supported by local organizations, businesses, and industry, will be available to the participants to conduct a mini research project in their classrooms. A second unique feature of the program is a Make It/Take It Workshop during which classroom instructional materials will be constructed for use in the teachers' classrooms. Dr. Bonnie B. Barr, Project Director, has conducted numerous inservice science workshops for elementary teachers. She is author of a textbook series and has been involved in numerous curriculum projects.