Sharing Science: Summer Institutes for High School Physics Teachers

穆尔黑德州立大学的物理与天文学系正在为准备不足的高中物理和物理科学教师提供一系列为期三到四周的专业发展机会。这些研习班将从1990年开始连续三个夏季举行。学院的总体目标是提高内容的广度和教学技能。内容领域是力学，波，电磁学，光学和现代物理学的选定领域。这些机构每年将为明尼苏达州、北达科他州和南达科他州三州地区的20- 24名高中教师提供机会。预计大部分教师将参加这三所学院。选定的参与者将代表私立和公立学校教师的良好组合，以及公平的性别组合。参加者每年夏季可赚取（8-10）研究生学分。由于这些研究所的设计重点是提高准备不足的教师的教学内容和教学技能，计划的活动将包括基本数学技能、教学法和教学方法的讲座、活动和阅读，以及物理内容。主要的重点将放在实践活动，如项目，开发讲座演示，使用计算机作为教学/学习辅助工具，以及对主题内容的批判性分析。将有机会提供帮助会议/教程，以提高参与者解决问题的能力，并开发简单，廉价，但教学上合理的物理演示和实验室材料。演讲嘉宾，包括有成就的高中教师，将被邀请与与会者就教学方法、教学法和研究以及产业创新的各个方面进行互动。后续活动包括在穆尔黑德州立大学进行为期一天的会议，并实地参观教师的教室。两位高中老师，表示长期致力于改善科学教育的总统奖获得者将参与研究所活动的规划和实施，并参与制定综合评价程序以确定项目的有效性。​费用分摊额为89,000美元，相当于NSF奖金的40%。

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at Moorhead State University is offering a series of three, four week, institutes providing professional development opportunities for underprepared high school physics and physical science teachers. The institutes will be held over three successive summers beginning in 1990. The overall objective of the institutes is the upgrading of breadth of content and teaching skills. The content areas are mechanics, waves, electromagnetism, optics and selected areas of modern physics. These institutes will provide opportunities for 20- 24 high school teachers, per year, from the tri-state region of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. It is expected that the majority of the teachers will attend all three institutes. Selected participants will represent a good mix of private and public school teachers, as well as an equitable gender mix. Participants can earn (8-10) graduate credits per summer. Since the institutes are designed to focus on the upgrading of the content and teaching skills of underprepared teachers, planned activities will involve lectures, activities and readings on basic mathematical skills pedagogy and teaching methods, as well as the physics content. A major emphasis will be on hands-on activities, such as projects, development of lecture demonstrations, the use of computers as teaching/learning aids, and the critical analysis of subject matter content. Opportunities will be available for help sessions/tutorials which will enhance the participant's problem solving skills and for the development of simple, inexpensive, but pedagogically sound, physics demonstration and laboratory materials. Guest speakers, including accomplished high school teachers, will be invited to interact with the participants on various aspects of teaching methods, pedagogy and research, and industrial innovations. Follow-up activities include one-day sessions at Moorhead State University and site visits to teachers classrooms. Two high school teachers, (Presidential Awardees or PTRAS) who have expressed a long term commitment for improved science education will be involved in the planning and delivery of the institutes' activities and in developing comprehensive evaluation procedures to determine the effectiveness of the project. Cost sharing in an amount of $89,000 equals 40% of the NSF award.