An In-Service Summer Workshop in Natural Science for Middle/High School Science Teachers Including Research Experience in the Grand Canyon

为初中/高中科学教师举办的在职自然科学夏季研讨会，包括大峡谷的研究经验

• 批准号: 8954615
• 负责人: Stanley Beus
• 金额: $ 39.87万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 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: 1989-07-15 至 1993-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8954615&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Service; Summer; Workshop; Natural; Science

Dr. Stanley S. Beus of Northern Arizona University (NAU) will direct 6-week in-service workshops for 26 science teachers (grades 6-12). Workshops will begin in the summer of 1990 and continue for 3-summers. Each summer 6 participants identified as Master Teachers, may earn seven-graduate credits and 20 as "Research Assistants" may earn six-graduate credits. Participating teachers will come from Arizona and other southwestern states. The workshops have 3 two-week phases. An intensive Phase I emphasizes content in biology and geology with classroom, laboratory and field experiences. Phase II is a 12-day outdoor field-research camp in the Grand Canyon with a focus on biological and geological aspects as well as uses of the canyon and river (STS aspects). During Phase III, back at NAU, participants guided by research scientists, will prepare their findings from Phase II and guided by master teachers will develop teaching materials based on the previous experiences. It is intended that the teaching materials will translate the workshop experiences into using the outdoor resources of the home district; be it a canyon environment or a flat desert environment for earth-science instruction. Follow-up activities include a science activity manual with contributions from all participants, a Grand Canyon slide set, a bi-monthly newsletter, ongoing electronic communications via CISCO-NET and a two-day workshop in Flagstaff. Finally, Master Teachers will conduct two or more workshops in their home school districts for their peers. The Research Assistant teachers will attend one or more of these workshops. This carefully crafted project uses a variety of teaching/learning techniques, reinforcement and support for both the well-prepared and underprepared science teacher. It uses an exciting national resource yet customizes classroom activity material to make use of local outdoor resources. It builds upon exemplary cooperation between NAU, local school districts, the National Park Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Museum of Northern Arizona, and private industry. NSF support will enable teachers from Native American settlements to participate. This focus, the cooperation and a study of resource management of this "national treasure" give the project a strong science, technology and society component and significant minority impact. There is cost sharing in an amount of $182,368 which is 50% of the NSF award.

北亚利桑那大学（NAU）的Stanley S. Beus博士将举办6周的26位科学教师（6 - 至12年级）的服务工作坊。 讲习班将于1990年夏天开始，并继续3个夏季。 每年夏天，有6名参与者被确定为硕士教师，可能会获得七年级学分，而20名参与者可能会获得六年级学分。 参加的教师将来自亚利桑那州和其他西南州。 讲习班有3个两周的阶段。 I阶段I阶段强调了生物学和地质的内容，其中包括课堂，实验室和现场经验。 第二阶段是大峡谷中为期12天的户外现场研究营地，重点是生物学和地质方面以及峡谷和河流的用途（STS方面）。 在III阶段，回到NAU，由研究科学家指导的参与者将从第二阶段准备他们的发现，并由硕士教师指导，将根据以前的经验开发教材。 旨在将教学材料转化为使用家庭区的室外资源。无论是峡谷环境还是扁平的沙漠环境，可以进行地球科学教学。 后续活动包括一份科学活动手册，其中包括所有参与者的贡献，一个大峡谷幻灯片集，双月通讯，通过思科网络进行的持续电子通信以及在弗拉格斯塔夫举行的为期两天的研讨会。 最后，大师级教师将在其家庭学区为同龄人举办两个或更多的讲习班。 研究助理老师将参加其中一个或多个研讨会。 这个精心制作的项目使用了各种教学/学习技巧，增强和支持精心准备和准备不足的科学老师。 它使用令人兴奋的国家资源，但可以自定义课堂活动材料来利用当地的户外资源。 它建立在NAU，当地学区，国家公园管理局，填海局，北亚利桑那州北部和私营企业之间的典范合作的基础上。 NSF的支持将使来自美国原住民定居点的教师能够参加。 这种“国宝”的重点，合作和资源管理研究为项目带来了强大的科学，技术和社会组成部分以及少数群体的影响。 成本分配的金额为182,368美元，是NSF奖励的50％。