Central Pennsylvania Chemistry Teachers Science Education Improvement Project

Juniata学院提出了一个五年制的计划，包括1）6周+ 2 为总共120名在职教师举办了为期两周的暑期培训班， 现代化学仪器的相关理论和应用， 有足够的机会实践经验，2）有机会 教师作为研究科学家在一个研究小组指导工作 3）一个移动的化学仪器 实验室配备了一个经过适当培训，认证的科学教师谁 将与参与教师合作， 供学校使用，以及4）发展水井网络， 在整个目标地区培训科学教师，以确保系统 持久的计划影响。 该项目专门针对科学 教师在农村，宾夕法尼亚州中部， 主要侧重于化学。 该项目旨在帮助预- 大学科学教师认为自己是科学家， 教师，为他们提供培训和支持，以提高他们的 作为科学教育工作者的表现，并帮助他们做出更好的成果 提高学生对科学职业的兴趣。 主要由于技术和仪器的革命， 科学家们的工作方式在近几十年来发生了巨大的变化。 不幸的是，大学预科阶段的科学教学仍然是 基本上没有变化-特别是在小的农村学区 没有足够的资源建立现代化的、设备齐全的实验室。 然而，有适当的工具，教师可以接受培训 让大学预科生体验到良好的教育， 科学学习 Juniata的经验是， 科学是最令人信服地传达给学生的那些谁认为 他们自己也是科学家--尽管科学家们选择了 教 此外，以现代的方式观察和思考 实践科学家 本项目基于这些原则， 提高中央学校科学教育质量 宾夕法尼亚

Juniata College proposes a five-year program including 1) 6 weeks + 2 weeks summer institutes for a total of 120 in-service teachers on the pertinent theory and use of modern chemical instrumentation with ample opportunity for hands-on experience, 2) an opportunity for teachers to work as research scientists within a research group directed by a Juniata faculty member, 3) a mobile chemistry instrumentation laboratory staffed by a properly trained, certified science teacher who will work with participating teachers and deliver modern instrumentation for use in the schools, and 4) the development of a network of well trained science teachers throughout the target region to ensure systemic and lasting program impact. The project specifically targets science teachers in a four county region of rural, central Pennsylvania and focuses primarily on chemistry. This project is designed to help pre- college science teachers perceive themselves as scientists as well as teachers, to provide them with the training and support to improve their performance as scientist-educators, and to help them produce better science students and increased student interest in science careers. Due largely to the revolution in technology and instrumentation, the way scientists operate has changed drastically in recent decades. Unfortunately, the teaching of science at the pre-college level remains essentially unchanged -especially in small, rural school districts without sufficient resources for modern, fully equipped laboratories. However, appropriate instrumentation exists and teachers can be trained so that pre-college students experience educationally sound, hands-on science learning. Juniata's experience is that the excitement of science is most convincingly conveyed to students by those who perceive themselves to be scientists - albeit scientists who have chosen to teach. Further, the observe and think in the manner of modern practicing scientists. This project builds on those principles to improve the quality of science education in the schools of Central Pennsylvania.