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

这项提案是对以前的研究所提案的修改，因为对前几年申请者和参与者的调查表明，它将满足南加州学区教师的需求，这些学区正在重新分配受过其他科学培训的教师来教授物理或物理科学。该项目的目标是：(1)通过提供“经典”和当前物理学进展的可靠信息来改善教师的一般背景；(2)通过提供重要的教学辅助来改善特定主题的课堂演示；(3)为参与者提供课堂演示的教学方法和使用，包括建造必要设备和提供材料的方法。(4)准备更有经验的教师向自己学校的同事讲授“在职”；(5)提供使用计算机的机会，包括调查可用的计算机软件和接口能力。这些目标将通过以下方式实现：(1)由加州大学河滨分校的教师根据他们的能力以适合目标群体的水平进行演讲，提供一系列最新的讲座，并提供笔记和图表；(2)在为期四周的课程开始时，由参与者从300个演示和解释的演示中选择至少30-40个教学演示，由参与者自行构建；(3)由经验丰富的大学员工和经验丰富的“导师”教师对科学教学方法进行小组指导；(4)利用河滨县公立学校技术教育中心。相当于国家科学基金会请求的23%的金额由UCR分摊，其中一半用于支付教学时间的工资，以及所有用于参与示范材料建造所需的机械车间设施的费用。

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.