Sharing Science: Summer Institutes for High School Physics Teachers

摩尔黑德州立大学物理学和天文学系 学校提供了一系列的三，四周， 提供专业发展机会的机构 准备不足的高中物理和物理科学 教师 这些研究所将连续三年举行 1990年夏天开始。 的总体目标 学院是内容广度的提升， 教学技巧 内容领域是力学，波， 电磁学、光学和现代科学的某些领域 物理学 这些机构将为20- 每年24名高中教师，来自三州地区 明尼苏达州、北达科他州和南达科他州。 预计 大多数老师都会参加这三个课程 院所 选定的参与者将代表一个良好的组合 私立和公立学校的教师，以及 公平的性别混合。 参加者可以获得（8-10）毕业生 夏季学分 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， 计划的活动将包括讲座，活动和 数学基本技能教育学与教学读本 方法，以及物理内容。 一个主要重点 将在实践活动，如项目，发展 讲座演示，使用计算机作为 教学/学习辅助工具，以及对主题的批判性分析 物质内容。 将有机会获得帮助 会议/教程，这将提高参与者的 解决问题的能力，并为发展简单， 价格低廉，但教学效果良好的物理演示 实验室材料。 演讲嘉宾包括 优秀的高中教师，将被邀请 在教学的各个方面与参与者互动 方法，教学和研究，以及工业创新。 后续活动包括在穆尔黑德举行为期一天的会议 参观州立大学和教师教室。 两 高中教师，（总统奖或PTRAS）谁 表达了对改善科学的长期承诺 教育将参与规划和提供 研究所的活动和在制定综合 评估程序，以确定 项目 89，000美元的费用分摊相当于NSF的40% 奖

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.