ELMSS: Enhancing Leadership for Middle School Science

ELMSS：增强中学科学的领导力

• 批准号: 0101829
• 负责人: Sandra Abell
• 金额: $ 19.98万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-04-15 至 2003-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0101829&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ELMSS; Enhancing; Leadership; Middle; Science

The intended two-year pilot Local Systemic Change project seeks to increase scientific understanding and literacy among middle school students in four diverse districts in Missouri. Professional development will be provided by science and science education faculty from the three of Missouri campuses (Columbia, Rolla and St. Louis). A total of 16 teachers, four from each participating district will be selected. Each participant will be offered 5 hours graduate credit each year, tuition waivers, an annual stipend, career ladder credit and STC/MS materials. One administrator from each district will also be involved. Summer institute sessions will be supplemented by a web site to enable continuous electronic interaction for teachers to discuss content and pedagogy concerns, compare experiences and engage in collective problem solving. The site will also be used to link participants to other web based information sources such as the Online Journal for Teacher Research (http://www.oise.utoronto.ca). Bi-weekly study sessions (teachers will keep journals to record the experience), site meetings and day-long project meetings will be held. The project will develop and test a sustainable structure of teacher professional development and support to facilitate the implementation of exemplary instructional materials and teaching practices. With the support of the University of Missouri science and science education faculty members, school administrators and middle school science teachers will collaborate to create an inquiry based classroom environment as a step towards broad comprehensive science education reform.

计划为期两年的地方系统性变革试点项目旨在提高密苏里州四个不同地区中学生的科学理解和素养。 专业发展将由密苏里州三个校区（哥伦比亚、罗拉和圣路易斯）的科学和科学教育教师提供。 共有 16 名教师，每个参赛区各选拔 4 名教师。 每位参与者每年将获得 5 个小时的研究生学分、学费减免、年度津贴、职业阶梯学分和 STC/MS 材料。 每个地区的一名管理员也将参与其中。 暑期学院课程将辅以一个网站，使教师能够进行持续的电子互动，讨论内容和教学问题、比较经验并参与集体问题解决。 该网站还将用于将参与者链接到其他基于网络的信息源，例如教师研究在线期刊（http://www.oise.utoronto.ca）。 每两周举行一次学习会议（教师将记日记记录经验）、现场会议和为期一天的项目会议。 该项目将开发和测试教师专业发展和支持的可持续结构，以促进示范性教学材料和教学实践的实施。 在密苏里大学科学和科学教育教职员工的支持下，学校管理人员和中学科学教师将合作创建一个基于探究的课堂环境，作为迈向广泛的综合科学教育改革的一步。