Workshop Utilizing an Innovative Approach to the Teaching ofScience in the Elementary Level

哥伦比亚大学科学与数学系开发了一种非常成功的方法，可以向没有广泛科学背景的人教授科学。这一独特方法的一个主要组成部分是将科学与人文和艺术相结合。该项目将尝试将这种教学方法转化为一个旨在提高中学理科教师知识和教学技能的项目。将在连续三个暑假期间举办一系列使用这一创造性方法的讲习班，为期四周。在环境科学的“保护伞”主题下，将通过实验室经验、讨论和讲座来研究物理、化学、地质和生物等主题。教师将通过创作和展示包含他们的天赋和兴趣的项目来展示他们对材料的掌握。这些项目将能够采取绘画、电影、视频、舞蹈、诗歌、摄影散文、雕塑、戏剧或新闻的形式。每天下午，教师将反思在研讨会期间教授他们科学的教学方法，并计划如何将这种方法转移到他们自己的课堂上。该计划的费用分摊将是NSF部分的50%。

The Department of Science and Mathematics at Columbia College has developed a highly successful method of teaching science to people who do not have extensive science backgrounds. A major component of this unique approach is the integration of science with the humanities and the arts. This project will attempt to transfer that method of instruction to a program designed to improve the knowledge and teaching skills of middle school science teachers. A series of workshops using this creative approach and lasting four weeks will be offered during three consecutive summers. Under the "umbrella" theme of environmental science, the topics of physics, chemistry, geology and biology will be studied, through laboratory experiences, discussions, and lectures. Teachers will demonstrate their mastery of the material by creating and presenting projects which incorporate their talents and interests. The projects will be able to take the form of paintings, films, videos, dances, poems, photoessays, sculptures, drama or journalism. During each afternoon teachers will reflect on the methods of instruction being used to teach them science during the workshop and plan ways to transfer such methodology to their own classrooms. The cost sharing for the program will be fifty percent of the NSF portion.