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

这个项目是一个为期四年的计划，以提高生活的教学 和环境科学到聋哑初中和高中 全国学生。 为了实现这一目标，一个为期四周的 每年夏天，加劳德特大学将举办一个暑期研究所 四年，一共八十二所初中和高中， 聋人教师 该研究所将整合 大学科学系和遗传学系的设施 服务中心在大学以及鱼类和野生动物 服务和海洋科学联盟，其中Gallaudet 大学是一个成员。 该研究所将侧重于遗传学、 生理学和环境科学，主要关注手， 实验室和现场经验。 其他要讨论的主题 包括：教授批判性思维，职业信息， 技术，以改善教学，并利用教育 技术. 参加者将获得一系列的"采取 家庭"教案，并将预计转移有关 向同龄人传授信息和教学技能。 参与者 也将与教师和工作人员，并通过一个相互联系， 计算机会议系统。 费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的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.