USC-LAUSD Science Institute for Elementary School Teachers -PRAXIS

Harold Slavkin博士是南加州大学的研究科学家，也是洛杉矶联合学区（LAUSD）改善大学预科科学教学的积极参与者。Slavkin博士组织了一个名为Project PRAXIS的项目，这是一个由24所学校共同开发和实施的以探究为基础的小学科学课程。这些学校位于洛杉矶中部和东部，在少数民族人口较多的地区，以前很少重视科学教学。教师和学校管理人员将与大学科学家和科学教育工作者合作，制定以学校为基础的教学计划。教师和行政人员将接受使用教学科学包方面的培训，这些教学科学包将由劳司区域科学中心管理和翻新。PRAXIS项目将创建24个示范性科学教学中心，其他洛杉矶学校将从中汲取专业知识和指导。24所参与学校的学生将沉浸在直接和相关的科学活动中，这将培养他们独立询问和调查的能力。他们的成功将促进更广泛地采用这种方法，使该项目有可能在这个大学区产生广泛的影响。洛杉矶联合学区和南加州大学在该项目的三年时间里提供费用分摊，相当于国家科学基金会捐款的104%。

Dr. Harold Slavkin is a research scientist at the University of Southern California, and an active participant in efforts to improve pre-college science teaching in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). Dr. Slavkin has organized Project PRAXIS, a 24-school effort to develop and implement an exemplary hands-on inquiry-based elementary school science curriculum. These schools are located in central and eastern Los Angeles, in regions of high minority populations with little previous emphasis on science teaching. Teachers and school administrators will work with university scientists and science educators to develop school-based instructional programs. Teachers and administrators will be trained in the use of instructional science kits, which will be managed and refurbished at LAUSD regional Science Centers. Project PRAXIS will create 24 centers of exemplary science teaching, from which other Los Angeles schools will draw expertise and guidance. The students in the 24 participating schools will be immersed in direct and relevant science activities that will develop their abilities to inquire and investigate independently. Their success will promote more widespread adoption of this approach, giving this project the potential for wide-ranging impact in this large school district. The Los Angeles Unified School District and the University of Southern California are providing cost sharing during the project's three years that amounts to 104% of NSF's contribution.