Local and Regional Teacher Development Program: Retraining and Upgrading Precollege Physics and Physical Science Teachers

这项建议是对以前研究所建议的修改，因为对前几年申请者和参与者的调查显示，它将满足南加州学区正在重新分配受过其他科学培训的教师教授物理或物理科学的教师的需求。该项目的目标是：(1)通过提供可靠的“经典”和当前物理学进展的信息，改善教师的一般背景；(2)通过提供重要的教学辅助工具，改进特定主题的课堂陈述；(3)使参与者准备好课堂演示的教学方法和使用，包括建造必要的设备和提供材料的手段；(4)让较有经验的教师作好准备，以便向其所在学校的同事讲授“在职”课程；及。(5)提供使用电脑的机会，包括调查现有的电脑软件和接口能力。这些目标将通过(1)由加州大学河滨分校的教师根据他们以适合目标群体的水平进行演讲的能力而选择的更新的一系列讲座以及提供的笔记和图表来实现，(2)通过个人参与者从四周学院开始时展示和解释的300个演示中选择由参与者构建的至少30-40个教学演示，(3)利用有经验的大学教职员工和有经验的“导师”教师进行关于科学教学方法的小组教学，以及(4)利用河滨县公立学校的技术教育中心。UCR分摊了相当于NSF申请的23%的数额，用于支付一半的教学时间工资和参与示范材料建造所需的机器车间设施的全部费用。

This proposal is a modification of proposals for previous institutes because a survey of applicants for and participants in previous years show that it wil meet the needs of teachers in southern California School districts are reassigning teachers trained in other sciences to teach physics or physical science. The goals of the project are (1) improve the general background of the teachers by providing reliable information "classical" as well as current advances in physics, (2) improve classroom presentations of specific topics by providing important teaching aids, (3) prepare participants in teaching methods in and the use of classroom demonstrations including the means to construct necessary equipment and provision of materials, (4) prepare the more experienced teachers to deliver "in-service" to colleagues in their own schools and (5) provide opportunity for computer useage including a survey of available computer software and interfacing capabilities. These goals will be accomplished (1) by an updated series of lectures, with notes and diagrams provided, by University of California-Riverside faculty chosen for their ability to present at a level appropriate for the targeted group, (2) by individual participant selection of at least 30-40 teaching demonstrations to be constructed by the participants from among 300 demonstrations presented and explained at the beginning of the four-week Institute, (3) by group instruction on science teaching methods using experienced University staff as well as experienced "mentor" teachers, and (4) by the use of the Technical Education Center of the Riverside County Public Schools. An amount equivalent to 23% of the NSF request is being cost-shared by the UCR in contributing half of the salaries for instructional time and all of the cost for the machine shop facilities required for the participant construction of the demonstration material.