Curriculum in Human Biology for the Middle Grades

中年级人类生物学课程

• 批准号: 8954775
• 负责人: H. Craig Heller
• 金额: $ 260.86万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-07-01 至 1995-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8954775&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Curriculum; Human; Biology; Middle; Grades

A group of scientists and science educators at Stanford University will develop a student text, a set of student activities, and a teacher's resource book for a two-year course in human biology designed for seventh and eighth graders. The course will include a large component of human physiology as well as topics in anthropology, psychology, and sociology that are relevant to the maturation of adolescents. Because the course focuses on the development of the very age-group that will study these materials, it should prove to be highly motivational. A team of middle-school science teachers will test early versions of the materials in class, and will provide feedback and assistance as revisions are made. A series of three two-week summer institutes for thirty participants per year has been planned to facilitate the rewriting process. The development of a college-level version of this human biology course was supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York; this course is now offered to several hundred Stanford under-graduates each year. Carnegie has also provided support for preliminary work on the current project, and the staff of the Stanford Human Biology Program is available to assist in the new task. In addition, the project will benefit from the advice of an eminent group of scientists and educators who have agreed to serve on the project's Advisory Board. Teachers of this course will be challenged by its scope and by the sensitivity of some of the topics to be treated. The project staff will assist on two levels. All adopting teachers will be able to acquire a set of videotapes designed to provide background for the print materials. Teachers who need more help with the fundamental course content will have an opportunity to participate in a summer institute that will focus specifically on these materials. The project time-line calls for three years of materials development, testing, and revision. Evaluation will begin before the end of this period and continue beyond. Teacher education efforts, in part supported by royalty revenue from textbooks sales, will continue for several additional years. The Innovative Projects Division of the Addison-Wesley Publishing house will assist in all phases of development process and will publish and market the finished products. The company will also share responsibility for the teacher education activities.

斯坦福大学的一组科学家和科学教育家将 开发一个学生的文本，一套学生的活动，和教师的 人类生物学两年课程的资源书，专为 七八年级的学生 该课程将包括一个很大的组成部分 人类生理学以及人类学、心理学和 与青少年的成熟有关的社会学。 因为 该课程的重点是非常年龄组的发展， 研究这些材料，它应该被证明是高度激励。 一个由中学科学教师组成的小组将测试 在课堂上的材料，并将提供反馈和帮助， 进行了修订。 一系列的三个为期两周的暑期研究所， 计划每年有30名参与者， 重写过程。 开发这门人类生物学课程的大学水平版本 是由纽约卡内基公司支持的;这门课程是 现在每年提供给几百名斯坦福大学的本科生。 卡内基还为目前的初步工作提供了支持。 项目，和工作人员的斯坦福大学人类生物学计划是 协助新的任务。 此外，该项目将 受益于一群杰出的科学家和教育家的建议 同意加入该项目的顾问委员会。 本课程的教师将受到其范围和 一些需要处理的问题的敏感性。 项目工作人员将 在两个层面上提供帮助。 所有采用该计划的教师， 为印刷品提供背景的一套录像带 材料. 在基础课程上需要更多帮助的教师 内容将有机会参加一个夏季研究所 将专门针对这些材料。 该项目的时间表要求三年的材料开发， 测试和修订。 评估将在本报告结束前开始 时期并继续下去。 教师教育工作，部分 在教科书销售版税收入的支持下， 再多几年 Addison-Wesley出版社创新项目部 将在开发过程的所有阶段提供协助，并将发布和 销售成品。 该公司还将分享 负责教师教育活动。