A Model Program for Retraining Elementary and Middle School Teachers to Use Computers Effectively in the Classroom

中小学教师在课堂上有效使用计算机的再培训示范项目

• 批准号: 8850521
• 负责人: Robert Aiken
• 金额: $ 36.69万
• 依托单位: Temple University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-09-01 至 1992-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8850521&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Model; Program; Retraining; Elementary; Middle

The main goals of the project are to provide, over a three year period to fifty elementary and middle school teachers, five graduate level computer courses to establish a firm base of computer knowledge; and to apply the didactical structures to enable the teachers to become computer specialists in their respective schools and districts. A model has been developed by the principal investigators to retrain teachers at the grade levels k-9. An aspect of this proposal is to explore the efficacy of the model. The model includes, in addition to the content and methodology courses, seminars for elementary and middle school principals; seminars for the presidents of the home and school associations; establishment of a teacher network for the exchange and dissemination of ideas and materials; designing assessment criteria, evaluation instruments, and questionnaires for acquiring formative data; and assessing the extent to which aptitude, attitude, and previous experience are useful as predictors of performance. The main programming languages integral to the program are Logo and BASIC. The work is a cooperative effort by the departments of computer science and educational Psychology at Temple University in close collaboration with Philadelphia School District. Participants for this project are teachers at the elementary and middle school levels selected from the School District of Philadelphia. An announcement is sent to each of the schools in Philadelphia with information on how to apply. Teachers are selected based upon their motivation to work with computers, their professional plans when they finish the program especially how they might apply the results of the program to their schools as resource teachers. The courses offered fall into five categories: Application programs and how to use them; Introduction to problem solving with Logo; Problem solving with advanced Logo; Problem solving using structured BASIC; and Software evaluation and effective uses of computers for teaching. These courses are to be distributed over the 3 years of the project as the model dictates. There is a considerable cost sharing provided by Temple University. The University has committed $216,740 to the project. At a request from National Science Foundation (NSF) of $357,042, the University's rate is 216,740/357,042 or over 60% of the amount requested from NSF.

该项目的主要目标是在三年内向50名中小学教师提供5门研究生水平的计算机课程，以奠定坚实的计算机知识基础；并应用教学结构，使教师能够成为各自学校和地区的计算机专家。首席调查员开发了一个模式，对k-9年级的教师进行再培训。这项提议的一个方面是探索该模型的有效性。除了内容和方法课程外，该模式还包括为中小学校长举办研讨会；为家庭和学校协会主席举办研讨会；建立教师网络，以交流和传播思想和材料；设计评估标准、评估工具和问卷，以获取形成性数据；以及评估能力、态度和以前的经验在多大程度上有助于预测成绩。程序集成的主要编程语言是Logo和Basic。这项工作是坦普尔大学计算机科学和教育心理学系与费城学区密切合作的成果。该项目的参与者是从费城学区挑选出来的小学和中学教师。将向费城的每一所学校发送一份通知，说明如何申请。教师的选择是基于他们使用计算机的动机，他们在完成项目后的专业计划，特别是他们如何将项目的结果应用到他们作为资源教师的学校。提供的课程分为五类：应用程序及其使用；使用Logo解决问题的入门；使用高级Logo解决问题；使用结构化Basic解决问题；以及用于教学的软件评估和有效使用计算机。这些课程将按照模式的要求在项目的3年内进行分配。坦普尔大学提供了相当大的费用分担。该大学已承诺为该项目提供216,740美元。在国家科学基金会(NSF)的357,042美元的请求下，该大学的费率是216,740/357,042，或超过NSF所要求的金额的60%。