A Methods Course to Prepare Preservice Biology Teachers to Use Inquiry: Adapting the Focal Ecosystem Model.

生物科学（61）本项目探讨了科学教学方法课程中内容、知识和教学法的整合需求。该项目采用了两个成功的NSF CCLI项目的元素。这两个项目是犹他州威斯敏斯特学院的“大盐湖项目”（http://www.westminstercollege.edu/education_gslp/）和亚利桑那大学的“教师培训生物学方法的综合主题方法”（https://www.ehr.nsf.gov/pirs_prs_web/search/RetrieveRecord.asp?Awd_Id=0088855），两者都利用当地的生态系统作为开发探究式课程的重点。目前的项目是通过将基于学科的内容知识、实验方法和教学方法整合到“生物学教学方法”课程中，使这些模型项目适应当地大学和K-12学校的需求。通过这种方式，他们为在职教师提供了丰富的经验，使他们能够在学生教学实习期间实施基于探究的课程。学生，主要是中等教育生物专业的学生，通过开发以区域生态系统为重点的探究式实验模块的过程进行指导。然后，作为K-12实习的一部分，他们在课堂上教授这些探究式课程，从而获得实践经验。该项目还使学生能够通过一个设备借贷中心在K-12学校实施实验生物学课程，该中心补充了他们担任实习教师的农村K-12学校的资源。该项目使大学生和他们现在/未来的学生受益，从而产生重大而持久的影响。

Biological Sciences (61) This project addresses the need for the integration of content knowledge and pedagogy in science teaching methods courses. The project adapts elements from two successful NSF CCLI projects. These are the Westminster College, Utah "Great Salt Lake Project" (http://www.westminstercollege.edu/education_gslp/) and the University of Arizona "Integrated, Thematic Approach to Biology Methods for Teacher Training," (https://www.ehr.nsf.gov/pirs_prs_web/search/RetrieveRecord.asp?Awd_Id=0088855 ) both of which use their local ecosystem as a focal point for developing inquiry-based lessons. The current project is adapting these model projects to the local needs of both the university and the K-12 schools by integrating discipline-based content knowledge, experimental methods, and pedagogical methods within a "Biology Teaching Methods" course. In this way they provide a rich experience for teachers-in-training that allows them to implement inquiry-based lessons during their student teaching internships. Students, primarily secondary education biology majors, are guided through the process of developing inquiry-based experimental modules focused on the regional ecosystem. They then gain practical experience teaching these inquiry-based lessons in the classroom as part of their K-12 internships. The project also enables students to implement experimental biology lessons in K-12 schools through an equipment-lending center that supplements the resources of the rural K-12 schools in which they are student teachers. The project benefits university students and their current/future pupils, thereby offering a significant and long-lasting impact.