Microbiological Concepts: A Pilot Program for a National Improvement of Biology Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School

微生物学概念将成为一个全国性项目，以改进中学微生物学基本概念的教与学。在第一阶段，这个试点项目将测试和改进整个项目的概念，然后将其扩展到每个州和美国的领地。第一阶段将培训地理上分布在新英格兰南部、大西洋中部各州和德克萨斯州的三人复制团队。每年将有八个团队(24人)参加在马里兰州罗克维尔的美国典型培养物收集设施举行的以活动为导向的为期四周的密集研讨会。该项目的专业工作人员设计了教育工具包。工具包包括微生物学基本入门，以及通常建议在中学生物课程中使用的12个基本微生物学概念。受训的小组将得到罗德岛大学科学教育工作人员的协助，利用这些工具包在其当地规划和举办所需数量的在职讲习班。它们将培训更多的团队，以复制这些讲习班，并将其提供给当地学区的生物教师。将为接受这一培训的团队和教师开发一个支持系统。一笔相当于国家科学基金会奖励的66.4%的金额将作为费用分摊提供。

Microbiological Concepts will be a national project to improve the teaching and learning of basic microbiological concepts in the secondary schools. In its first stage, this pilot project will test and refine the overall project concept prior to its extension to each of the states and U. S. possessions. This first stage will train three-member replication teams geographically distributed in Southern New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, and the state of Texas. Eight teams (24 persons) each year will participate in an intensive activity-oriented four week workshop at the American Type Culture Collection facility in Rockville, Maryland. Educational kits have been designed by the professional staff of this project. The kits consist of a basic introduction to Microbiology plus the 12 basic microbiological concepts typically suggested for use in the secondary school biology courses. The teams trained will receive assistance from the University of Rhode Island's science education staff in using these kits to plan and conduct a required minimum number of in-service workshops in their local areas. These will train additional teams to replicate these workshops for delivery to Biology teachers in the local school districts. A support system will be developed for the teams and teachers receving this training. An amount equivalent to 66.4% of the NSF award is being contributed as cost-sharing.