Project OCEAN: Dissemination of a Successful Marine ScienceProject to Two Sites in California and Texas

海洋计划：向加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州的两个地点传播成功的海洋科学项目

• 批准号: 8954570
• 负责人: Craig Strang
• 金额: $ 58.87万
• 依托单位: Ocean Alliance
• 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: 1989-10-01 至 1993-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8954570&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Project; OCEAN; Dissemination; Successful; Marine

Over the past three years, the Oceanic Society, San Francisco Bay Chapter, has pilot-tested a high impact marine science immersion program, Project OCEAN, in West Coast schools. Funding for this pilot effort was obtained from the California Fund for Postsecondary Education, the US Department of Education and the Packard Foundation. This project disseminates the model to additional school sites in California and to schools around the University of Texas Marine Science Institute on the Gulf Coast. This three year project will field test the model over an extended period of time, the use of a second expert facility (UTMSI) as a resource for the teacher enhancement, and refine the curriculum and teacher materials developed by the Oceanic Society for use in the teacher enhancement projects. The seven grade level specific marine science guidebooks integrate science, mathematics, social studies and language arts and are thus used by all teachers in all classes from K-6. Each volume is built around the context of a specific habitat, such as Kelp Forest, Bays and Estuaries, Tidepools, etc. The Project includes a year-long emphasis on the marine sciences which culminates in a school-wide observation of Oceans Week. There are strong indications that the immersion event significantly improves school climate and culture, student and teacher attitudes about science, and learning and second language acquisition among students who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) and/or otherwise at risk. Sixteen schools from California and Texas coastal regions will participate with 10 teachers from each school attending the intensive leadership workshops. These schools serve heterogenous populations that include a relatively large number of educationally disadvantaged and LEP students (Black, Hispanic and Southeast Asians). The schools have committed money, released time, minimum of 80% faculty involvement in workshops and Oceans Week and the presence of strong committed administrators and teachers. Project activities include a 10-day residential training workshop led by Project Ocean and UT staff for small teams of specialist teachers to become immersed in marine science, trained in innovative curricula and instructional methods. This is followed by a third week of training for these teams to develop their leadership capabilities in order to expedite the school wide program. All-day faculty workshops will be held for the entire school staffs prior to Oceans Week. In the second year, habitat-specific workshops will be held for all teachers as well as follow-up workshops by specialist teams, presentations for parents and evaluative activities. Extensive documentation and evaluation will be carried out enabling other sites to use the model. Schools, University and Oceanic Society cost-sharing is equivalent to 56% of the grant request.

在过去的三年里，海洋学会旧金山湾分会在西海岸的学校试行了一个影响力很大的海洋科学沉浸项目--海洋计划。这项试点工作的资金来自加州高等教育基金会、美国教育部和帕卡德基金会。该项目将该模型传播到加利福尼亚州的更多学校，以及墨西哥湾沿岸的德克萨斯大学海洋科学研究所周围的学校。这一为期三年的项目将在更长的一段时间内对该模式进行实地测试，利用第二个专家设施(UTMSI)作为教师培训的资源，并改进海洋学会编制的课程和教师材料，以供教师培训项目使用。七个年级的具体海洋科学指南结合了科学、数学、社会研究和语言艺术，因此从K-6到所有班级的所有教师都使用。每一卷都围绕着特定的栖息地，如海带森林、海湾和河口、潮汐池塘等。该项目包括为期一年的海洋科学重点，最终是全校海洋观察周。有强烈的迹象表明，浸入式活动显著改善了学校氛围和文化，学生和教师对科学的态度，以及英语水平有限(LEP)和/或处于其他风险中的学生的学习和第二语言习得。来自加利福尼亚州和德克萨斯州沿海地区的16所学校将参加，每所学校的10名教师将参加密集的领导力研讨会。这些学校服务于不同种族的人群，其中包括数量相对较多的教育弱势群体和LEP学生(黑人、西班牙裔和东南亚人)。这些学校承诺投入资金，腾出时间，至少80%的教职员工参与研讨会和海洋周，以及强大而坚定的管理人员和教师的存在。项目活动包括由海洋项目和德克萨斯大学工作人员领导的为期10天的驻地培训讲习班，让专业教师小组沉浸在海洋科学中，接受创新课程和教学方法的培训。接下来是对这些团队进行第三周的培训，以发展他们的领导能力，以加快整个学校的计划。在海洋周之前，学校将为全体教职员工举办全天的教师工作坊。在第二年，将为所有教师举办针对特定生境的讲习班，以及由专家小组举办的后续讲习班、为家长所作的介绍和评估活动。将进行广泛的文件编制和评估，使其他网站能够使用该模式。学校、大学和海洋学会分摊的费用相当于赠款申请的56%。