A Model for Learning and Teaching Science for Preservice Teachers

小行星9727600 该项目是来自地球科学和课程和教学的教师之间的合作，以解决科学教育的迫切需要。 该项目的主要成果将是一个改进初级科学课程和培养科学教师的模式。 该项目的目标是开设一门气象学入门课程。 学生指导，基于计算机的模拟将被开发和集成到介绍气象课程，以促进困难的概念的学习。 这些模拟将记录学生的动作，并重放这些动作，供以后研究和讨论。 对于在气象学注册的兼职教师，将创建一个并行的同伴课程，以鼓励反思和理解在模拟环境中富有成效的学习和教学策略。 本课程将以建构主义的学习哲学为基础，并将广泛使用模拟记录的学生行动。 这个项目有助于一个正在进行的运动，改变一个大型讲座类的环境，学生可以构建自己的科学理解。 它将气象学课程的目标从学习科学内容转向学习如何学习科学。 这一转变将有利于所有学生，但对作为其随后教育活动的锚的副教师特别重要。

9727600 Yarger This project is a collaboration between faculty members from the geosciences and curriculum and instruction to address pressing needs in science education. The primary outcome of the project will be a model for improving beginning science courses and preparing teachers of science. An introductory meteorology course is targeted for this project. Student-directed, computer-based simulations will be developed and integrated into the introductory meterology course to facilitate the learning of difficult concepts. These simulations will record student actions and replay those actions for later study and discussion. For preservice teachers enrolled in meterology, a concurrent companion course will be created to encourage reflection on and understanding of the learning and teaching strategies that are productive in the simulated environments. This course will be based on a constructivist philosophy of learning and will make extensive use of the students actions recorded by the simulations. This project contributes to an ongoing movement to change a large lecture class to an environment where students can construct their own understanding of science. It shifts the goals of the meterology course from the learning of science content toward learning how to learn science. This shift will be beneficial to all students, but it will be of special importance to preservice teachers as an anchor for their subsequent education activities.