Interactive Science for the Elementary Grades

南伊利诺伊大学的这个合作项目 科学和教育学院与周围的学校 地区，旨在增加数量和 伊利诺伊州南部小学的科学教育质量 学校 它将提供暑期教师培训和 在学年期间开展各种后续活动，以及 大学科学家的持续支持。 为 在职培训，两个选项将提供给 教师 第一种选择是为期五周的课程， 包括为期两周的实习;第二个选择将是一个 更浓缩的两周课程。 为期五周的课程将 每年夏天有30名教师参加，为期三个夏天， 这个为期两周课程每年夏天将有30名教师参加 在最后两个暑假的补助金 教师参与 更广泛的课程将作为导师， 参与短期计划的教师。在职人员将 专注于通过以下方式促进主动学习的技术 实验和科学的过程和概念 为了培养教师的能力和信心， 他们教这些科目的能力。 在夏季 实验室教师将与小组合作， 使用过程导向的科学课程的孩子。 在 与此同时，家长志愿者将接受培训， 教师在学年期间， 新的科学计划，并支持他们的努力， 社区 因此，该项目将开发一个 科学家如何与教育部门合作的模式 他们的大学和学校系统管理员， 教师和家长可以对教学产生重大影响 在小学阶段的科学。 成本分担 将占NSF部分的54%。

This collaborative project of Southern Illinois University's Colleges of Science and Education with the surrounding school districts, is designed to increase both the amount and the quality of science education in southern Illinois elementary schools. It will provide summer teacher training and a variety of follow-up activities during the school year, and ongoing support from the university scientists. For the inservice training, two options will be available to the teachers. The first option will be a five week course, which includes a two-week practicum; the second option will be a more condensed two week course. The five-week course will involve thirty teachers each summer for three summers, and the two week course will involve thirty teacher each summer for the last two summers of the grant. Teachers involved in the more extensive course will act as mentors for the teachers involved in the shorter program. The inservice will focus on techniques of promoting active learning through experimentation and on the processes and concepts of science in order to foster teachers' competence and confidence in their ability to teach these subjects. During the summer laboratory component teachers will work with small groups of children using a process-oriented science curriculum. At the same time, parent volunteers will be trained to assist these teachers during the school year with the teaching of their new science program and to support their efforts in the community. This project will, therefore, be developing a model for how scientists working with the education faculty of their university and with school system administrators, teachers, and parents can have a major impact on the teaching of science at the elementary school level. The cost sharing will be 54% of the NSF portion.