The Minnesota World Regional Geography Course Project

明尼苏达世界区域地理课程项目

• 批准号: 8751337
• 负责人: Gerald Pitzl
• 金额: $ 13.82万
• 依托单位: Macalester College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-06-15 至 1988-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8751337&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Minnesota; World; Regional; Geography; Course

The Geography Department at Macalester College will host its third geography teachers' institute from July 6 to July 24, 1987. The institute will host 30-35 teachers of geography and social studies (grades K-12) in an intensive three-week workshop. Preference in admission will be given to teams of teachers--one elementary and one secondary--from the same district. Participants will earn eight semester-hour graduate-level credits. The teachers will receive instruction in a wide array of geographical themes and concepts aimed at enhancing geography education in Minnesota. Instruction will be provided by two Macalester geographers and augmented by a staff of classroom master teachers and invited professional geographers and applications specialists. All teachers will produce six modules of instruction designed for classroom use and including salient aspects of the materials introduced in the institute. In addition, they will be required to give two in-service workshops in their home districts on the new materials during the 1987-88 school year. The first week of the summer institute will emphasize local geography, map and graphic skills, use of air photos, and computer application. The second week will deal with the concept of the region. In the third week, attention is drawn to global patterns and processes. Both concept and skill development will be emphasized. A number of local field trips will be taken to introduce teachers to ways of using local resources in their own areas and to teach effective observational and questioning techniques. In addition, a number of visits to museums and libraries are scheduled. The teachers are required to attend four full-day follow-up sessions scheduled for September, November, February and April of the following academic year. During these sessions, new materials is reviewed and the teachers share information about their classroom experiences using the modules developed as part of the institute.

马卡莱斯特学院地理系将于 1987 年 7 月 6 日至 7 月 24 日举办第三届地理教师学院。该学院将举办为期三周的强化研讨会，邀请 30-35 名地理和社会研究教师（K-12 年级）参加。 录取时将优先考虑来自同一学区的教师团队（一名小学和一名中学）。 参与者将获得八个学期的研究生学分。 教师将接受广泛的地理主题和概念的指导，旨在加强明尼苏达州的地理教育。 教学将由两名 Macalester 地理学家提供，并由课堂大师级教师和受邀的专业地理学家和应用专家进行补充。 所有教师将制作六个专为课堂使用而设计的教学模块，其中包括学院介绍的材料的重要方面。 此外，他们将被要求在 1987-88 学年期间在其所在地区举办两次关于新材料的在职讲习班。 暑期学院的第一周将强调当地地理、地图和图形技能、航空照片的使用以及计算机应用。 第二周将讨论区域的概念。 在第三周，人们的注意力被吸引到全球模式和进程。 将强调概念和技能的发展。 我们将进行多次当地实地考察，向教师介绍如何在自己的领域使用当地资源，并教授有效的观察和提问技巧。 此外，还计划参观一些博物馆和图书馆。 教师必须参加定于下一学年 9 月、11 月、2 月和 4 月举行的四次全日制后续课程。 在这些课程中，我们会审查新材料，教师们会使用学院开发的模块分享他们的课堂经验信息。