Development of an Inquiry-Based Biology Lab Manual for Pre-Service Elementary and Middle School Teachers

中小学职前教师探究式生物学实验室手册的开发

• 批准号: 0442398
• 负责人: William Staddon
• 金额: $ 7.29万
• 依托单位: Eastern Kentucky University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-15 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0442398&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Inquiry; Based; Biology; Lab

This project is developing a lab manual for an introductory biology content course designed to meet the needs of pre-service elementary and middle school teachers (i.e., undergraduates in training to become K-8 teachers). The manual is based on content standards and pedagogical approaches specified in the "National Science Education Standards" (National Research Council, 1996) and "Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy" (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994). The intent is to instill in pre-service K-8 teachers, while they are undergraduate biology students, the confidence and background necessary to successfully teach science that is both standards- and inquiry-based when they enter their classrooms. The completed manual is to be published so as to reach a national audience. Intellectual Merit: This project creates an inquiry-based undergraduate biology lab manual that specifically addresses the needs of future K-8 educators. The project takes activities used nationally at the K-8 grade levels and scales them up to a level appropriate for first-year undergraduate biology students. The lab course gives pre-service teachers a rich experience with important concepts as well as familiarity with materials relevant to their chosen profession. Broader Impacts: Prototype versions of the lab manual are used, tested and evaluated in a pre-existing undergraduate biology course dedicated to pre-service teachers. The lab manual is developed with regional input from in-service teachers and undergraduate faculty, both those who have taught pre-service content courses before, and those who are new to the field. McGraw-Hill has expressed an interest in publishing the lab manual. Development of this manual facilitates the creation of undergraduate biology content courses or lab sections specifically designed for pre-service teachers in other institutions.

该项目正在为旨在满足职前小学和中学教师需求的生物学入门课程开发实验室手册（即，培训成为K-8教师的本科生）。 该手册是根据“国家科学教育标准”（国家研究理事会，1996年）和“科学素养基准”（美国科学促进协会，1994年）中规定的内容标准和教学方法编写的。其目的是灌输职前K-8教师，而他们是本科生物学学生，成功地教科学，这是标准和探究为基础的信心和背景，当他们进入他们的教室。将出版完成的手册，以便向全国读者提供。 智力优势：该项目创建了一个基于调查的本科生物实验室手册，专门针对未来K-8教育工作者的需求。该项目采取的活动在全国范围内使用的K-8年级的水平，并将其扩展到适合一年级本科生物学学生的水平。 实验室课程为职前教师提供了丰富的经验，包括重要的概念以及熟悉与他们所选择的专业相关的材料。更广泛的影响：原型版本的实验室手册中使用，测试和评估在一个预先存在的本科生物课程，致力于职前教师。 实验室手册是由在职教师和本科教师的区域输入开发的，这些教师以前曾教授过职前内容课程，以及那些新进入该领域的教师。 McGraw-Hill表示有兴趣出版实验室手册。 这本手册的发展促进了本科生物学内容课程或实验室部分专门为其他机构的职前教师设计的创建。