New, GK-12 Columbia University Learning from Earth and Ecological Field Studies (LEEFS) Graduate Fellowship Program

研究生教学研究员在K-12教育摘要提案#：0742450主要赞助人：罗伯特牛顿机构：哥伦比亚大学标题：通过生态和环境实地研究学习（LEEFS）这个GK-12奖每年为9名研究员提供资金，与纽约市标题1学校的12名教师一起工作。教师将从总共八所中学和四所高中中选出。此外，多米尼加共和国一所高中的教师也将参加该方案。该计划是围绕主题设计的：通过生态和环境实地研究（LEEFS）学习。 LEEFS项目整合并扩展了哥伦比亚大学地球研究所和纽约市第一类学校之间的现有伙伴关系。研究生研究员和6-12年级的教师将在学年开始前一起工作四至八周，参加野外科学实习，专业发展以及课程规划和创建的计划。在学年期间，直接支持提供给现场和实验室科学的合作学校：研究员每周现场存在，并在现场和实验室地点提供援助。创新方面包括：教师和学生在城市环境中融入实地研究的强度; LEEFS与纽约市教育部的密切联系，为普通学生群体提供调查驱动的，动手的，体验式的科学学习;接近实时访问LEEFS实地数据收集;以及将该计划扩展到多米尼加共和国的研究和教育。该计划实现了最近的教学研究，表明实地学习具有独特的好处;它为国家科学基金会资助的几个实地项目做出了贡献;并探索了加强研究生教育的创新方法。 LEEFS还将影响纽约地区的高需求学校，并将为参与的研究员和教师提供国际联系。

GRADUATE TEACHING FELLOWS IN K-12 EDUCATIONABSTRACTPROPOSAL #: 0742450PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Robert Newton INSTITUTION: Columbia UniversityTITLE: Learning through Ecology and Environmental Field Studies (LEEFS) This GK-12 award provides funding for 9 Fellows each year to work with 12 teachers in New York City Title 1 schools. The teachers will be selected from a total of eight middle schools and four high schools. In addition, teachers from one high schools located in the Dominican Republic will participate in the program. The program is designed around the theme: Learning through Ecology and Environmental Field Studies (LEEFS). The LEEFS project integrates and expands on existing partnerships between units of the Columbia University Earth Institute and New York City Title 1 schools. Graduate Fellows and grade 6-12 teachers will work together for four to eight weeks prior to the school year in a program of field science internships, professional development, and curriculum planning and creation. During the academic year, direct support is supplied to partnering schools in field and laboratory science: weekly on-site presence of Fellows and assistance in field and laboratory locations. Innovative aspects include: the intensity of integration of teachers and their students into field research in an urban setting; the close linkage of LEEFS with the NYC Department of Education initiatives toward inquiry-driven, hands-on, experiential learning of science for the general student population; near real-time access to LEEFS field data collection; and extension of the Program to research and education in the Dominican Republic. The program actualizes recent pedagogical research indicating unique benefits from field based learning; it contributes to several NSF-funded field programs; and it explores innovative ways to augment graduate student education. LEEFS will also impact the high-needs schools in the New York area and will provide an international connection for participating Fellows and teachers.