Montana Teachers Investigate Ecology: MT-TIE

9986862 BREWERThis项目将为蒙大拿州6-12年级的教师提供生态研究培训和经验。 经过最初的两周的方向研讨会，十组教师将与研究科学家导师和本科生合作，进行为期40天的研究奖学金（每年20名教师）。 科学家导师将来自蒙大拿大学、美国林务局和蒙大拿自然历史中心，这将使当地学校和这些机构之间的伙伴关系正式化。 教师将参加一系列的四个为期两天的后续工作坊在学年开发生态调查为自己的学生根据他们的夏季研究经验。本科生生态实习生，项目工作人员和导师科学家将支持教师在整个学年的努力。 该项目将使教师能够发展解决问题的技能，对基于探究的教学和学习的信心，提高科学素养，并通过使用侧重于当地感兴趣的主题和问题的生态调查，提高对科学的长期兴趣。将促进注重“边做边学”和探究式教学的教学实践，在项目期间和项目结束后将支持当地生态研究地点的发展。 该项目将通过在校园和邻近栖息地发展真实的研究经验，向参与教师和学生灌输科学的思维和理解方式。

9986862BREWERThis project will provide ecological research training and experience to teachers of grades 6-12 in Montana. After an initial two-week orientation workshop, ten teams of teacher-pairs will team up with a research scientist mentor and undergraduate students for a 40-day research fellowship (20 teachers per year). Scientist mentors will be drawn from the University of Montana, the US Forest Service, and the Montana Natural History Center, which will formalize a partnership between local schools and these agencies. Teachers will participate in a series of four two-day follow-up workshops during the academic year to develop ecological inquiries for their own students based on their summer research experiences. Undergraduate ecological interns, the project staff, and the mentor scientists will support teachers in their efforts throughout the school year. This project will enable teachers to develop problem-solving skills, confidence in inquiry-based teaching and learning, improved scientific literacy, and a greater long-term interest in science by using ecological investigations focused on topics and issues of local interest. Teaching practices that focus on "learning by doing" and inquiry instruction will be promoted, the development of local ecological research sites during and beyond the project will be supported. The project will instill scientific ways of thinking and understanding in participating teachers and their students through the development of authentic research experiences in their schoolyards and adjacent habitats.