AFGE: Development of Web-Based Instructional Modules To Facilitate Geoscience Education Using The Theme, Geologic Controls of Landscape Evolution

AFGE：开发基于网络的教学模块，以促进利用景观演化的地质控制主题的地球科学教育

• 批准号: 9809768
• 负责人: Don Byerly
• 金额: $ 4.09万
• 依托单位: University of Tennessee Knoxville
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-09-15 至 2001-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9809768&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AFGE; Development; Web; Based; Instructional

9809768ByerlyThe National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996), the Benchmarks for Science Literacy, Project 2061 (AAAS, 1993), and the Tennessee Science Framework Grades K-12 (1995) recognize the value of natural systems as embraced by geoscience for promoting interdisciplinary curricula; however, before a level of geoscience education in the K-12 classrooms can be consistent with these curricular guidelines, new tools (methods) for teaching Earth Systems Science and new opportunities for professional development in geoscience education for all science teachers must be available. These needs will be addressed by constructing three virtual field trips as instructional modules that emphasize Earth systems. Several information visualization methods will allow evaluation of each as potential learning vehicles. Modules, suitable for K-12 and collegiate freshman-level geoscience students, as well as the public-at-large, will be interactive, taking full advantage of multiple ways to access information, and at the same time encouraging self-paced study and learner-centered activities. Collaboration of K-12 and collegiate teachers to construct, test and assess the modules will afford opportunities for mutual professional development in Earth System Science. Although Tennessee teachers and students are the focus for this project, web-based modules will be "free" instructional tools readily transferable to all educators (K-16) having access to the Net. "Geologic controls of landscape evolution" is the chosen thematic vehicle for generating geoscience education modules because: 1) it is germane to Earth System Science education initiatives; 2) landforms are familiar to everyone, providing a natural platform for cognitive learning; 3) it is pertinent to the paradigm, "landforms, climate, and resources of the earth's surface affect where and how people live and how human history has unfolded"; 4) the scientific method involving multiple working hypotheses can be applied during exploration of contrasting landforms from diverse physiographic settings that include the Mississippi Embayment of the Gulf Coastal Plain, the Ridge and Valley and Appalachian Plateaus provinces, and a portion of the Central Rocky Mountains. Given the weak initial background in Earth system science of many educators, these modules will be generating new science, but will be achieving the important results of involving the users in the scientific process.

9809768 Byerly国家科学教育标准（NRC，1996年），科学素养的基准，2061项目（美国科学促进会，1993年）和田纳西科学框架等级K-12（1995年）承认地球科学所包含的自然系统的价值，以促进跨学科课程;然而，在K-12教室的地球科学教育水平与这些课程指南保持一致之前，新工具（方法）地球系统科学的教学和地球科学教育的专业发展的所有科学教师必须提供新的机会。 这些需求将通过构建三个虚拟实地考察作为强调地球系统的教学模块来解决。 几种信息可视化方法将允许每个潜在的学习工具进行评估。 模块，适合K-12和大学新生水平的地球科学学生，以及广大公众，将是互动的，充分利用多种方式来获取信息，并在同一时间鼓励自定进度的学习和以学习者为中心的活动。 K-12和学院教师的合作，以构建，测试和评估模块将提供机会，在地球系统科学的相互专业发展。 虽然田纳西州的教师和学生是这个项目的重点，基于网络的模块将是“免费”的教学工具，可以随时转移到所有教育工作者（K-16）可以访问网络。 “地貌演变的地质控制”被选为生成地球科学教育模块的主题载体，因为：1）它与地球系统科学教育倡议密切相关; 2）地貌为每个人所熟悉，为认知学习提供了一个自然平台; 3）它与范式有关，“地貌，气候，地球表面的自然和资源影响着人们的生活地点和生活方式以及人类历史的发展”;四、涉及多个工作假设的科学方法可以应用于从不同的地文背景中探索对比地貌的过程中，包括墨西哥湾沿岸平原的密西西比湾、山脊和山谷、阿巴拉契亚高原省以及落基山脉中部的一部分。 鉴于许多教育工作者最初在地球系统科学方面的背景薄弱，这些单元将产生新的科学，但将取得使用户参与科学进程的重要成果。