Oceanography as a Vehicle for Teacher Enhancement in the Sciences

与五个县的学区联盟合作 西南佛罗里达教师教育中心 （SWFTEC）在Ft.迈耶斯，佛罗里达海洋研究所 (FIO)提出了一个为期两年的研讨会/讲习班方案， 研究船的经验和实地演习，旨在 翻译强烈的多学科性质， 海洋学的兴奋，以提高认识， 基础科学和数学方面的教学技能。 后来 该计划的会议将强调应用 沿海管理的科学原则，并将涉及 社区和国家领导人。 内容和活动是 与佛罗里达教育部课程挂钩 框架. 从1990年夏天开始，30名教师 五个县区将担任牵头教师， 在SWFTEC专业人员的帮助下，该计划 教学技术、课程计划和教师 将在一系列由教师主导的 在学区举办讲习班。重点将放在 继续让教师接触到许多科学家， 佛罗里达的公共和私人研究机构。 通过 该程序将被导出到 州内其他学区通过在职教师 培训和讲习班。 参与者可以获得五个毕业生 每学期的学分 参与者在正规学校期间的所有工资 一年，通过FIO，佛罗里达教育部， 和私人资金，整个学术的成本， 海洋学和关键设施现场活动的费用 共享. 分摊费用332 792美元，相当于 NSF奖。

Working with a five county consortium of school districts served by the Southwest Florida Teacher Education Center (SWFTEC) in Ft. Meyers, the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) proposes a two year program of seminar/workshops, research vessel experience and field exercises designed to translate the strongly multidisciplinary nature and excitement of oceanography into enhanced understanding and teaching skills in the basic sciences and mathematics. Later sessions of the program will stress the application of scientific principles in coastal management and will involve community and state leaders. The content and activities are tied to the Florida Department of Education Curriculum framework. Beginning in the summer of 1990, thirty teachers from the five county area will act as lead teachers, translating with the aid of the professional staff of SWFTEC, the program content into pedagogical techniques, lesson plans and teacher aids that will be presented in a series of teacher led workshops in the school districts. An emphasis will be placed on continuing teacher access to the many scientists in Florida's public and private research institutions. Through the lead teacher network, the program will be exported to other school districts in the state through inservice teacher training and workshops. Participants may earn five graduate credit hours per semester. All of the participant's salaries during the regular school year and, through FIO, the Florida Department of Education, and private funding, the entire cost of the academic, oceanographic and Keys facility field activities are cost shared. The cost sharing in an amount of $332,792 equals 90% of the NSF award.