MITS: A Collaborative Institute for Improving Science Literacy Among Elementary School Teachers

MITS：提高小学教师科学素养的合作机构

• 批准号: 8855525
• 负责人: Frank Gardner
• 金额: $ 20.52万
• 依托单位: New England Aquarium Corporation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1989
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1989-03-15 至 1990-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8855525&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MITS; Collaborative; Institute; Improving; Science

Eight museums in the Greater Boston area have collaborated to help 96 elementary teachers from cooperating school districts improve their overall science literacy and their ability to transmit such literacy to the children that they teach. The summer institute and school year followup program has created a professional partnership between classroom teachers and the diverse resources of the museums, both staff and collections. Such partnerships contribute to the development of greater knowledge of the processes and content of science as well as heighten the excitement and improve attitudes towards science by both teachers and their students. Key summer activities focus upon helping teachers understand the commonalities among diverse scientific fields that make each field "science", and developing understanding of the nature of inquiry and ways to foster it among children in school and out. Teachers also have the opportunities to actually "do" science and to broaden their informational background in an area of science of their choosing, since they select the museum in which they will study. Throughout the school year a variety of programs help the teachers with lesson planning, resource consultation, loan materials, and other support activities. The approach is perceived as a potential model for expanded collaborations among museums and schools in New England and elsewhere around the nation. An amount equivalent to 28% of the NSF request has been cost shared by private foundations, museums and school districts.//

大波士顿地区的八家博物馆合作， 帮助来自合作学区的96名小学教师 提高他们的整体科学素养， 把这些知识传授给他们所教的孩子。 的 暑期研究所和学年后续计划已经创建 课堂教师和教师之间的专业伙伴关系 博物馆的各种资源，包括工作人员和收藏品。 这种伙伴关系有助于发展更大的 科学的过程和内容的知识，以及 提高兴奋度并改善对科学的态度 被老师和学生们 暑期活动的重点是帮助教师了解 不同科学领域的共性 每个领域的“科学”，并发展对 调查的性质和在儿童中培养调查的方法 学校和外面。 教师也有机会 实际上“做”科学和扩大他们的信息 在他们选择的科学领域的背景，因为 他们选择要学习的博物馆。 在整个 在学年中，各种各样的计划帮助教师 课程规划、资源咨询、借阅材料，以及 其他支持活动。 该方法被视为一种 博物馆之间扩大合作的潜在模式， 新英格兰和全国其他地方的学校。 相当于NSF要求的28%的金额已经花费 由私人基金会、博物馆和学区分享。