Science, Parents and Literature: The Science Pals Project

9353690 Shymansky这个项目是爱荷华大学和爱荷华城市社区学区合作的结果，爱荷华城市社区学区的教师和管理人员最近完成了一项科学自学，并承诺重组他们的科学课程。该计划是通过让该地区所有K-6教师沉浸在在职活动中来提高他们的能力，这些活动要求他们分析该地区当前科学计划中活动的科学基础；允许他们检查潜在的补充和/或替代材料；挑战他们完善和修改他们的科学课程，使科学对学生更有意义。通过该项目的夏季部分，将为每所城市小学确定三名首席科学教师，并准备为他们的同事提供支持和服务机会。在暑假期间，领导教师将有机会扩展自己的科学知识，发展对儿童科学推理的见解，并提高他们使用基于探究的教学策略的能力。在学年期间，这些领导教师将有机会指导他们的同事实施学校系统的基于探究的科学单元。爱荷华市学区作为中西部地区的领导者，将使该项目成为中西部其他地区的典范，成为职前小学教师教育的典范，并为未来的传播工作提供领导团队。该项目的费用分摊将是国家科学基金支持的50%。＊＊＊

9353690 Shymansky This Project is the result of a partnership between the University of Iowa and the Iowa City Community School District, whose teachers and administrators recently completed a science self study and made a commitment to restructure their science program. The plan is to enhance all K-6 teachers in the district by immersing them in inservice activities which: require them to analyze the scientific basis of activities in the district's current science program; allow them to examine potential supplemental and/or replacement materials; and challenge them to refine and revise their science program to make science more meaningful to students. Through the summer component of the project three lead science teachers for each of the city's elementary schools will be identified and prepared to provide support and inservice opportunities for their colleagues. During the summer the lead teachers will have opportunities to expand their own science knowledge, develop insights into children's science reasoning, and improve their ability to use inquiry based instructional strategies. During the school year these lead teachers will be given opportunities to mentor their colleagues as they implement the school system's inquiry based science units. The Iowa City School District's stature as a leader in the Midwest will enable this project to serve as a model for other sites in the Midwest, to serve as an exemplary placement for preservice elementary teacher education and to provide leadership teams for future dissemination efforts. The cost sharing for the project will be 50% of the National Science Foundation support. ***