GK-12 Formal Proposal

项目概述-我们描述了阿克伦大学、凯霍加谷环境教育中心、巴斯乡镇小学和阿克伦公立学区之间的教育合作关系，该合作关系建立了一个涵盖k -研究生生命科学工作的教育社区。每个合作伙伴将提供专业知识，培训GK- 12研究员在研究，教师培训，课程和教学法的发展。我们项目的影响将远远超出单个学区，培训每年与俄亥俄州东北部20多个学区的15,000多名K- 12学生接触的教师。我们项目的一个引人注目的特点是将GK- 12研究生研究项目整合到内容模块中，这些内容模块将作为教师专业发展和课程改进的组织主题。我们的模型远远超出了使用GK- 12研究员作为K- 12内容资源的中心目标。我们的方法允许教师和GK- 12研究员整合他们的研究和教学目标（NSF的优先事项），并提供与K- 12机构直接相关的课程内容。由于这些合作伙伴中的每一个都已经在教育活动中进行了合作，因此建立我们所描述的全面伙伴关系将受益于良好的沟通渠道。此外，扩大现有的坚实基础可以保证我们所寻求的教育社区将远远超出资助周期

Project Summary- We describe an educational partnership between The University of Akron, the Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center, Bath Township Elementary School, and Akron Public School District that builds an educational community covering K-graduate work in Life Sciences. Each partner will provide expertise in training GK- 12 fellows in research, teacher training, and curriculum and pedagogy development. Impact of our project will stretch well beyond a single school district, to train teachers that come into contact annually with more than 15,000 K- 12 students in over 20 school districts in NE Ohio. A compelling feature of our project is the integration of GK- 12 graduate research projects into content modules that will serve as the organizing theme for teacher professional development and curricular enhancement. Our model moves well beyond the central goal of using GK- 1 2 Fellows as K- 12 content resources. Our approach allows faculty and GK- 12 fellows to integrate their research and teaching goals (an NSF priority) and to provide curricular content that is immediately and directly relevant to the K- 12 institutions. Because each of these partners already cooperate in educational activities, building the comprehensive partnership we describe will benefit from well established lines of communication. Furthermore, extending the existing solid foundation promises that the educational community we seek will have longevity well beyond the granting cycle.0086378