Heartland Partnerships: Inquiry-Based Ecological and Environmental Education at SIUC

中心地带合作伙伴关系：SIUC 基于探究的生态与环境教育

• 批准号: 0638722
• 负责人: Karen Renzaglia
• 金额: $ 186.25万
• 依托单位: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-04-01 至 2013-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0638722&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Heartland; Partnerships; Inquiry; Based; Ecological

PROPOSAL #: 0638722PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Karen RenzagliaINSTITUTION: Southern Illinois University at CarbondaleTITLE: Heartland Partnerships: Inquiry-Based Ecological and Environmental Science Education at SIUCThe Heartland Partnerships: Inquiry-Based Ecological and Environmental Science Education at SIUC, a new GK-12 project between Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and three K-12 rural school districts within Illinois, has four program goals: 1) use content knowledge and skills of fellows and faculty to increase scientific literacy among high school students, 2) improve teachers' science content and pedagogical knowledge, 3) provide experiences for teachers in conducting both scientific and action research, 4) enhance long-term partnerships between the university and local schools. Fellows and faculty will engage teachers and students in exploration of the various ecological habitats. The intellectual merit of this project includes summer workshops for graduates and teachers and also the creation of original research projects that will be conducted at SIUC Touch of Nature Environmental (TONEC) field sites. These projects will be a result of an analysis of the curriculum and therefore, teams of graduate students and teachers will plan exercises, develop action plans and integrate and refine inquiry-based teaching in the classroom. The broader impacts of this project include the recruitment of underrepresented minority graduate students to serve as role models, and resources for content knowledge and science process skills for the K-12 students. The graduate fellows will gain an appreciation for science education, stronger ties to the K-12 community, and development of mentoring, communication and teaching skills. Outcomes for the teachers include increased content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, familiarity with scientific issues, increased understanding of scientific research techniques, enhanced reflective practice through Action research and stronger ties to the university community. University faculty will gain an appreciation of science education, increased understanding of the problems inherent in high school science education, stronger ties to the local science education community, and increased levels of interdisciplinary cooperation within the university. The project will also reach out to non-participating teachers and students in the state through summer professional development workshops, open access to lesson, units and chats via the Internet, and the distribution of a science activities manual.

提案编号：0638722主要赞助商：卡伦RenzagliaInstitution：南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔标题：中心地带的伙伴关系：基于调查的生态和环境科学教育在SIUC中心地带的伙伴关系：基于调查的生态和环境科学教育在SIUC，一个新的GK-12项目之间的南伊利诺伊大学卡本代尔和三个K-12农村学区在伊利诺伊州，有四个计划目标：1）利用研究员和教师的内容知识和技能来提高高中学生的科学素养，2）提高教师的科学内容和教学知识，3）为教师提供进行科学和行动研究的经验，4）加强大学和当地学校之间的长期合作伙伴关系。 研究员和教师将参与教师和学生在各种生态栖息地的探索。 该项目的智力价值包括为毕业生和教师举办夏季研讨会，以及创建将在SIUC接触自然环境（TONEC）现场进行的原创研究项目。 这些项目将是课程分析的结果，因此，研究生和教师团队将计划练习，制定行动计划，并在课堂上整合和完善基于探究的教学。 该项目的更广泛影响包括招募代表性不足的少数民族研究生作为榜样，以及为K-12学生提供内容知识和科学过程技能的资源。 研究生研究员将获得对科学教育的赞赏，与K-12社区的更紧密联系，以及指导，沟通和教学技能的发展。 教师的成果包括增加内容知识，教学知识，熟悉科学问题，增加对科学研究技术的理解，通过行动研究加强反思实践，加强与大学社区的联系。 大学教师将获得对科学教育的赞赏，增加对高中科学教育固有问题的理解，与当地科学教育界的联系更紧密，并提高大学内跨学科合作的水平。 该项目还将通过夏季专业发展讲习班、通过互联网开放课程、单元和聊天以及分发科学活动手册，向该州未参与的教师和学生提供帮助。