Teaching the Science of Psychology: An Institute for High School Teachers

9555678戈达德，这一三年项目将从1997年开始，每年夏季为32名心理学教师提供强化活动，为期三年。该项目的目的是提高高中心理学课程注册学生的科学素养。该项目将通过更新和扩大教师的心理科学知识来做到这一点，并通过让这些教师沉浸在以探究为基础的学生发起的项目中，以此作为提高科学理解的基础。教师们将有一个为期四周的密集课程，让他们沉浸在研讨会期间进行的一项小型研究活动中。每组八人将有两名经验丰富的教师协助他们的工作。老师们还将在白天参与两个三小时的时间段。将有晚间会议，持续时间不详。教师将主要来自阿巴拉契亚地区。进一步预计，大多数参与者将来自印第安纳州东南部、俄亥俄州西南部和肯塔基州东北部地区。也欢迎来自田纳西州、西弗吉尼亚州、北卡罗来纳州、南卡罗来纳州、弗吉尼亚州和宾夕法尼亚州的教师。费用份额占基金会奖励金额的29%。

9555678 Goddard This three year project will provide enhancement activities for 32 teachers of psychology each summer for three years beginning in 1997. The purpose of the project is to increase the scientific literacy of students enrolled in high school psychology courses. The project will do this by updating and expanding the teachers' knowledge of psychological science, and by immersing these teachers in the use of inquiry-based student initiated projects as the base for improving scientific understanding. The teachers will have an intensive four week session designed for them to be immersed in a small research activity conducted during the workshop. Each group of eight participants will have two experienced teachers to assist them in their work. The teachers will also be involved in two three hour time blocks during the day. There will be evening sessions of unreported duration. The teachers will be drawn mostly from the Appalachian Region. It is further expected that most of the participants will come from the southeastern portion of Indiana, the southwestern portion of Ohio and the northeastern region of Kentucky. Teacher are also welcome from the states of Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The cost share represents 29% of the award amount from the Foundation.