Field Institutes for Elementary School Teachers

这个为期4年的领导力项目将针对威斯康星州的五个地理分布地区，旨在(1)增加参与者对威斯康星州地质学和生态学的知识；(2)增加课堂上使用的实地科学的数量；(3)培养参与者对教与学的研究基础的了解，以及如何应用这些知识；(4)培养参与者的领导技能，并将这些技能应用于社区和专业活动；以及(5)发展专业支持网络。该项目还将为每个学校挑选两名教师组成的小组；为校长提供课程，让他们参与实地活动；积极与学校的教师合作，实施实地方案；利用通过目前的NSF项目为地球科学教师开发的材料资源中心；并利用威斯康星州小学科学教师(西部)的经验与参与者合作，为该地区以及全州的其他小学教师开发高质量的讲习班。将举行为期27天的预定活动，其中大部分在外地。资源中心将概述现有的实地材料以及活动来源。这项建议适合加强教师，因为它规划了一个强有力的领导项目，旨在增加课堂上使用的实地科学知识的数量，并培养参与者对教与学的研究基础以及对这些知识的应用的理解。非NSF费用分摊约为NSF要求的金额的38%。

This 4-year Leadership project will target five geographically distributed districts in Wisconsin, and is designed to (1) increase participant knowledge of Wisconsin geology and ecology; (2) increase the amount of field-based science used in the classroom; (3) develop participant understanding of the research base of teaching and learning as well as the application of that knowledge; (4) develop participant leadership skills and apply those skills in community and professional activities; and (5) develop a professional support network. The project will also select teams of two teachers per school; provide sessions for principals that engage them in field-based activities; actively work with the teachers in their schools to implement a field-based program; utilize a Materials Resource Center developed through a present NSF project for earth science teachers; and use the experience of the Wisconsin Elementary Science Teachers (WEST) to work with participants in the development of quality workshops for other elementary teachers in the district as well as across the state. Twenty-seven days of scheduled activities, most of which are in the field, will be held. A resource Center will provide an overview of available field-based materials as well as a source of activities. This proposal is appropriate for teacher enhancement because it plans a strong Leadership project designed to increase the amount of field-based science used in the classroom, and to develop participant understanding of the research base of teaching and learning as well as the application of that knowledge. Non-NSF cost-sharing is approximately 38% of the amount requested from NSF.