American Astronomical Society Teacher Resource Agents (A-ASTRA)

美国天文学会教师资源代理 (A-ASTRA)

• 批准号: 9353377
• 负责人: Mary Kay Hemenway
• 金额: $ 166.95万
• 依托单位: American Astronomical Society
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-02-01 至 1999-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9353377&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: American; Astronomical; Society; Teacher; Resource

9353377 Hemenway The A-ASTRA (American Astronomical Society Teacher Resource Agents) program will prepare teachers to be astronomy resource agents in their geographic regions following a four-week summer institute. The objectives of the A-ASTRA project are: to enhance the teaching of astronomy in elementary and secondary schools, to provide astronomy workshops to elementary and secondary teachers using hands-on astronomy activities, to encourage the professionalism of the participants, and to increase interactions among professional astronomers, science educators, and elementary/secondary school teachers. For each of three summers, twenty-five participants at each of three geographical diverse sites will interact with the primary instructional staff of professional astronomers, astronomy educators, and master teachers. The institute will use instructional materials (many of which were developed with NSF funds) to model the teaching of hands-on astronomy concepts, will offer instruction in workshop presentations skills, and provide astronomical research or educational experiences unique to each site. These activities may include presentation of current research topics by area astronomers, field trips, and various observing/research experiences. The sites (and site directors) are: Loyola University of Chicago (David Slavsky), Northern Arizona University (Kathleen DeGioia-Eastwood), and the University of Maryland (John Trasco). Each site will have a leadership team consisting of the site director and two teachers from previous NSF astronomy programs. These teacher consultants will share their experiences in presenting workshops and classroom applications of the materials. Concerns about identifying topics suitable for different ages and presenting workshops to teachers of various grade levels will be addressed. Thematic instructional materials that relate concepts from several science fields (integrated science) to astronomy provide the core of the su mmer institute. An advisory board consists of the nine members of the AAS Education Advisory Board and two elementary/secondary teachers. Publicity about the program, selection of candidates, general program organization, and evaluation will be coordinated at the national level through the AAS Education Office. The PI will be involved not only in program organization, but also in the instruction phase at each site, especially in the methodology of workshops. Following their participation, the teachers will become associate members of the AAS and attend an AAS meeting in the following summer. At the meeting, they will report on their own experiences, both in the classroom and in the peer-led workshops they presented. They will attend sessions especially designed for them to learn about the latest research in astronomy and will have the opportunity to exchange ideas with many astronomers at the meeting. An outside evaluation team will assess the program through examination of instructional materials, interviews with participants, sampling of those attending peer-led workshops, and written evaluation instruments. Members of the instructional team will attend a sample of the peer-led workshops in order to access their content and pedagogical integrity. The participating teachers will each present at least four workshops which are expected to attract 6,000 teachers of 180,000 children per year. ***

9353377海门威A-ASTRA(美国天文学会教师资源代理)计划将在为期四周的暑期培训结束后，培养教师成为所在地区的天文资源代理。A-ASTRA项目的目标是：加强中小学的天文教学，利用实际操作的天文活动向中小学教师提供天文讲习班，鼓励参与者的专业性，并加强专业天文学家、科学教育工作者和中小学教师之间的互动。在每三个夏季，每个地点的二十五名参与者将与专业天文学家、天文学教育工作者和大师教师组成的主要教学人员进行互动。该研究所将使用教学材料(其中许多是由NSF基金开发的)来模拟实践天文学概念的教学，将提供研讨会演示技能的指导，并提供每个地点独特的天文研究或教育经验。这些活动可以包括区域天文学家对当前研究主题的介绍、实地考察和各种观测/研究经验。这些网站(和网站主管)是：洛约拉大学芝加哥分校(大卫·斯拉夫斯基)、北亚利桑那大学(凯瑟琳·德吉奥亚-伊斯特伍德)和马里兰大学(约翰·特拉斯科)。每个站点将有一个领导团队，由站点主任和来自以前NSF天文学项目的两名教师组成。这些教师顾问将分享他们在介绍这些材料的研讨会和课堂应用方面的经验。将解决确定适合不同年龄的主题和向不同年级的教师举办讲习班的问题。将几个科学领域(综合科学)的概念与天文学联系起来的专题教学材料是该研究所的核心。咨询委员会由AAS教育咨询委员会的九名成员和两名小学/中学教师组成。关于该计划的宣传、候选人的选择、一般计划的组织和评估将通过AAS教育办公室在国家层面上进行协调。PI不仅将参与方案组织，而且还将参与每个地点的教学阶段，特别是讲习班的方法。参加后，教师将成为美国教师协会的准成员，并参加下一个暑假举行的美国教师协会会议。在会议上，他们将在课堂上和他们介绍的同行领导的研讨会上报告自己的经历。他们将参加专门为他们设计的课程，以了解天文学的最新研究，并将有机会在会议上与许多天文学家交流想法。一个外部评估小组将通过检查教学材料、与参与者面谈、对参加同行指导研讨会的人进行抽样和书面评估工具来评估该计划。指导小组成员将参加同行领导的讲习班样本，以了解讲习班的内容和教学的完整性。参与的教师每人将举办至少四个讲习班，预计每年将吸引18万名儿童的6,000名教师。***