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

生物科学（61）本项目解决了在科学教学方法课程中整合内容知识和教学法的需要。 该项目采用了两个成功的NSF CCLI项目的元素。 这两个项目是威斯敏斯特学院、犹他州的“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），两者都利用当地生态系统作为开发基于调查的课程的焦点。 目前的项目是调整这些示范项目，以适应当地的大学和K-12学校的需要，通过整合学科为基础的内容知识，实验方法，并在“生物教学方法”课程的教学方法。 通过这种方式，他们为教师培训提供了丰富的经验，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，主要是中学教育生物学专业，通过开发以区域生态系统为重点的基于探究的实验模块的过程进行指导。 然后，他们获得实际经验，在课堂上教授这些基于探究的课程，作为他们K-12实习的一部分。该项目还使学生能够通过设备租借中心在K-12学校实施实验生物课，该中心补充了他们担任实习教师的农村K-12学校的资源。该项目使大学生及其当前/未来的学生受益，从而产生重大和持久的影响。

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.