Support for teachers to attend AGU Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop

该提案支持初中和高中教师参加在旧金山举行的美国地球物理联合会(AGU)2005年秋季会议上举办的教师地球物理信息(GIFT)讲习班。研讨会的目标是：1.缩短发现和课本之间的时间2.为教师提供可直接在课堂上实施的材料3.为参与者提供第一手的关于科学发现的兴奋的描述2005年秋季赠品讲习班的主题是“地球中心之旅”，由AGU与AGU的VGP科合作举办。旅行支持将只提供给来自湾区以外的教师，即距离研讨会地点超过100英里。将得到支持的教师必须在改善科学教育方面表现出被证明的领导力。我们打算从许多地球科学机构现有的教师研究体验项目中招聘教师。国家强磁场实验室的综合研究和学习中心(CIRL)在教师专业发展和课程开发方面拥有丰富的经验。国际和平协会正在广泛使用CIRL来组织这次研讨会，并向教师宣传。礼物研讨会也将对演讲者有利，因为它要求他们专注于最近的重要发现，这最终将使他们能够更好、更简洁地制定新的研究目标。积极相信自己有能力提供知识和指导学生学习的教师，倾向于选择并有效地使用让学习者参与更高层次思维技能的教学活动，并提供更多以探究为导向的课程。拟议的活动扩大了AGU的影响范围，并鼓励更多教师参与AGU的活动。资助参加捐赠工作坊的教师将与活跃的研究人员直接接触，从而缩短从发现到课堂的时间。参加讲习班的人必须愿意在返回所在学区后与其他地区教师分享信息，将礼品讲习班的意见落实到课堂上，并根据参加讲习班的人数报告他们改进的教学表现。讲习班上的讲演者将分享他们的介绍，这些介绍将通过万维网和光盘提供。研究表明，参加这些项目的教师的学生在课堂和考试中表现更好，对科学更有热情。预计我们可以支持大约10名教师的出席。

This proposal provides support for middle and high school teachers to attend the Geophysical Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop at the 2005 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco. The goal of the workshop is to 1. Shorten the time between discovery and textbook 2. Provide materials for teachers that can directly implement in the classroom 3. Provide participants with first hand accounts of the excitement of scientific discovery. The 2005 Fall GIFT workshop theme " Journey to the Center of the Earth" is organized by the AGU in partnership with the VGP section of the AGU. Travel support will only be available to teachers who are from outside the Bay area, i.e. more than 100 miles from the workshop site. The teachers that will receive support will have to show proven leadership in improving science education. We intend to recruit teachers from Research Experience for Teachers programs in existence at many earth science institutions.The Center for Integrating Research and Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has extensive experience with professional development of teachers as well as curriculum development. The PI is using CIRL extensively to organize the workshop and to advertise it to teachers. The GIFT workshop will also be beneficial for the presenters as it requires them to focus on the important recent discoveries, which will ultimately allow them to better and more succinctly formulate new research goals. Teachers with a positive belief in their ability to competently present knowledge and guide student learning, tend to select and effectively use instructional activities that involve learners in higher-order thinking skills, and deliver more inquiry-oriented lessons. The proposed activity expands the reach of AGU and encourages more teachers to become involved in AGU activities.Teachers funded to attend the GIFT workshop will be placed in direct contact with active researchers, thereby shortening the time between discovery and classroom. Participants in the workshop have to be willing, on return to their school districts, to share the information with other district teachers, implement the GIFT workshop observations into the classroom and report on their improved teaching performances, based on the attendance to the workshop. The presenters at the workshop will share their presentations and they will be made available over the World Wide Web as well as on CD-ROM. Studies have shown that students of teachers that participate in these programs perform better in class and in tests, and are more enthusiastic about science. It is expected that we can support the attendance of approximately ten teachers.