Teacher Enhancement and Leadership Training Providing Online Distance Learning Opportunities in Water in the Earth System (WES) Science Education

美国气象学会将在美国海军学院、美国海军、国家海洋和大气管理局和纽约州立大学布罗克波特分校的协助下，开展一项具有强大领导力的教师培训项目。将在全国范围内开发和实施面向中学教师的创新网络远程学习课程。这门名为“地球系统中的水(WES)在线”的课程将纳入以探究为基础的教学策略，以及从海洋、大气和陆地水以及注重问题的角度对地球的整体概念。课程参与者将作为地球水系统(WES)的资源教师进行准备，他们将展示在课堂应用中利用互联网获取环境信息的价值。所有参与的教师将准备在学校课程中促进地球系统研究，以支持国家科学教育标准。该项目将开发和实施一个部分通过互联网提供的三个研究生学分小时的远程学习课程，向1600多名教师介绍科学上真实和教学上合理的学习活动。作为WES资源教师，课程参与者将在两年内与其所在学校的约16,000名教师(和160,000名学生)进行互动。一个由40名教师本地实施团队领导人组成的核心小组将接受培训，以提供课程实施和后续领导。费用分担约占NSF奖励的5%。

9819359GEERThe American Meteorological Society, with the assistance of the United States Naval Academy, the US Navy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the State University of New York at Brockport, will conduct a Teacher Enhancement Project with a strong leadership component. An innovative Internet-based distance-learning course directed towards middle-school teachers will be developed and implemented nationwide. The course,"Water in the Earth System (WES) Online", will incorporate inquiry-based instructional strategies and a holistic concept of Earth from oceanic, atmospheric and terrestrial water and problem-focused perspectives. Course participants will be prepared as Water in the Earth System (WES) resource teachers who will demonstrate the value of Internet access to environmental information in classroom applications. All teachers involved will be prepared to promote Earth system studies across the school curriculum in support of the National Science Education Standards.This Project will develop and implement a three graduate credit-hour distance learning course partially delivered by Internet that introduces over 1,600 teachers to scientifically authentic and pedagogically sound learning activities. As WES resource teachers, the course participants will interact with an estimated 16,000 teachers (and 160,000 students) in their home schools within two years. A core group of 40 teacher Local Implementation Team leaders will be trained to provide course implementation and follow-up leadership.Cost sharing amounts to about 5% of the NSF award.