Summer Institute for Middle School and High School Teachers of the Deaf in Life and Environmental Sciences

该项目是一个为期四年的项目，旨在加强全国聋哑初高中学生的生活和环境科学教学。为了实现这一目标，每年夏天将在加劳德特大学为82名聋人初中和高中教师举办为期4周的暑期研修。该研究所将整合大学科学学院的专业知识和设施，以及大学遗传学服务中心，以及鱼类和野生动物服务和海洋科学联盟，加劳德特大学是该联盟的成员。该研究所将集中于遗传学，生理学和环境科学的内容领域，主要侧重于动手实验室和实地经验。其他涉及的主题包括：教授批判性思维，职业信息，提高教学的技巧，以及教育技术的使用。参与者将获得一系列“带回家”的课程计划，并期望将相关信息和教学技能传授给他们的同龄人。参与者还将通过计算机会议系统与教职员工以及彼此联系。费用分摊相当于国家科学基金会奖金的5.0%。

This project is a four-year program to enhance the teaching of life and environmental science to deaf middle school and high school students nationwide. To accomplish this purpose, a four-week summer Institute will be held at Gallaudet University each summer for four years, for a total of eighty-two middle and high school teachers of the deaf. The Institute will integrate the expertise and facilities of the University science faculties and the Genetics Services Center at the University as well as the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Marine Science Consortium, of which Gallaudet University is a member. The Institute will concentrate on the content areas of genetics, physiology and environmental science with the major focus on hands- on laboratory and field experiences. Other topics to be covered include: teaching critical thinking, career information, techniques to improve teaching, and the use of educational technology. Participants will be provided with a series of "take home" lesson plans and will be expected to transfer relevant information and pedagogical skills to their peers. Participants will also be linked with faculty and staff and each other via a computer conferencing system. Cost-sharing equals 5.0% of the NSF award.