Interpreting Current Research on Global Environmental Issuesfor Middle-School Teachers and Their Students

为中学师生解读当前全球环境问题研究

• 批准号: 9055398
• 负责人: Sharon Walker
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Gulf Coast Research Laboratories
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-05-01 至 1995-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9055398&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Interpreting; Current; Research; Global; Environmental

This proposal is designed to create among middle-school teachers and their students an enhanced awareness and understanding of global environmental issues by providing a structure for the transfer of marine and aquatic research results and methods to middle-school educators. A total of 150 teachers will participate in five, three-week summer workshops during a three-year period. Each of the five workshops will be conducted at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory located in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. The workshops are designed to: (a) raise the awareness and understanding of the participants concerning global environmental issues; (b) give the participants a variety of field, laboratory, and classroom teaching techniques; (c) provide a forum for teachers' interaction with research scientists; and (d) translate research into teaching applications. The teachers participating in these workshops will represent Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana. Each of the workshops will recruit participants from these four states. Each of the three-week workshops will be supported by "follow-up" participation in state, regional, and/or national meetings. During the academic year, participating teachers are expected to develop an inservice training program within their respective school districts. Four general areas of global environmental concern will be addressed by this project. They are: (1) climatic changes, (2) marine and estuarine pollution, (3) decline in biodiversity, and (4) overpopulation. A multi-disciplinary approach will be utilized through the interactions of research scientists, marine and science educators, and classroom teachers. Teaching methodologies will encompass the science/technology/society philosophical approach. In summary, this project, through the interaction of the middle-school classroom teachers, marine educators and marine scientists should provide an excellent opportunity for science teachers and other science educators to improve their knowledge and skills relating to the study of global environmental issues. The 150 teachers, representing four states, have the potential of reaching more than 22,000 students. Cost sharing equals 39% of the NSF award.

这项建议旨在创造中学 提高教师和学生的认识， 了解全球环境问题， 海洋和水产研究转让结构 结果和方法，中学教育工作者。 共 150名教师将参加为期五周的暑期 三年内举办研讨会。 五个 研讨会将在墨西哥湾沿岸研究中心举行， 实验室位于Ocean Springs，密西西比。的 讲习班的目的是：（a）提高认识， 与会者对全球 （B）为参与者提供各种 实地、实验室和课堂教学技术;（c） 为教师与研究互动提供一个论坛 （d）将研究转化为教学 应用. 参加这些讲习班的教师 将代表密西西比、亚拉巴马、佛罗里达和路易斯安那。 每个讲习班都将从这些国家招募参加者。 四个州。 每个为期三周的研讨会将得到以下方面的支持： 参与国家、区域和/或国家一级的"后续行动" 会议.在学年期间，参与教师 预计将制定一个在职培训计划， 各自的学区。 全球环境关注的四个一般领域将是 由这个项目解决。 它们是：（1）气候变化， (2)海洋和河口污染，（3）下降， 生物多样性;（4）人口过剩。 一个多学科 将通过以下方面的相互作用来利用这一方法： 研究科学家、海洋和科学教育工作者，以及 课堂教师。 教学方法将包括 科学/技术/社会哲学方法。 总之，本项目通过 中学教师、海洋教育工作者和海洋 科学家应该提供一个很好的机会， 科学教师和其他科学教育工作者提高他们的 知识和技能有关的研究全球 环境问题。 150名教师，代表四个 国家，有可能达到22，000多个 学生 成本分摊相当于NSF奖励的39%。