Revisioning Earth Science Education in a Nontraditional Teacher Education Program

在非传统教师教育计划中修改地球科学教育

• 批准号: 0511236
• 负责人: Paul Baldauf
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Union Institute & 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: 2005-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0511236&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Revisioning; Earth; Science; Education; Nontraditional

Earth Systems Science (40) This project is revising an existing undergraduate course in the earth sciences, integrating expertise in education, content, technology, and assessment. The target audience for the course is pre-service teachers studying in Union Institute and University's (UI&U) nontraditional teacher-education program at its Florida Academic Center (FAC). The project helps FAC's largely minority teacher-education students achieve content knowledge consistent with Florida's Sunshine State Standards, improve their attitudes towards science education and the scientific process, and enhance their ability to use instructional technology to learn about science. To serve students studying in this low-residency program, the course is using a blended online/live format that emphasizes online investigation and limited live collaborative sessions and field trips. The investigation team is consulting with pre-service teachers and university alumni currently teaching elementary school in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties to identify appropriate exercises to improve knowledge of standards-based earth science topics. With this group, and an outside evaluator, the team is designing the course following best practices in online learning and problem-based pedagogy, adapting approaches and materials from an earth systems science course developed by the faculty of San Francisco State University, and materials from DLESE and MERLOT.This project is aiding in the development of a system of best practices in online course offerings for UI&U's undergraduate programs nationwide. New course materials and assessment instruments developed during this project will be made available via DLESE, MERLOT, and ERIC.

地球系统科学(40)这个项目正在修订现有的地球科学本科课程，整合了教育、内容、技术和评估方面的专业知识。该课程的目标受众是在联合学院和大学佛罗里达学术中心(FAC)的非传统教师教育项目(UI&amp；U)学习的职前教师。该项目帮助以少数族裔为主的FAC师范教育学生获得符合佛罗里达州阳光州标准的内容知识，改善他们对科学教育和科学过程的态度，并提高他们利用教学技术学习科学的能力。为了服务于这个低常驻学员项目的学生，该课程使用了在线/现场混合的形式，强调在线调查和有限的现场协作课程和实地考察。调查小组正在与迈阿密-戴德县和布罗沃德县目前在小学任教的职前教师和大学校友进行咨询，以确定适当的练习，以提高对基于标准的地球科学主题的知识。在这个团队和一名外部评估者的帮助下，该团队正在遵循在线学习和基于问题的教学法的最佳实践，采用旧金山州立大学教师开发的地球系统科学课程的方法和材料，以及来自DLESE和MERLOT的材料来设计课程。该项目正在帮助开发一个系统，为加州大学和安大略大学的全国本科课程提供在线课程提供的最佳实践。在该项目期间开发的新课程材料和评估工具将通过DLESE、Merlot和Eric提供。