SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (STEP)

描述(改编自申请人的摘要)：国家机构有 确立长期目标，确保以标准为基础的科学教育 向所有学生开放；科学管道提供足够的 受过高等教育的学生从事科学职业的人数；那些选择 这些职业受过最好的教育；他们的老师拥有 理解和最佳技能，以确保良好的教育； 以保持公众对科学和技术的兴趣和认识 技术发展。当前的第一阶段应用程序STEP是一个 范德比尔特大学与各地公立学校之间的合作项目 田纳西州。范德比尔特在引进和推广 支持5-12年级教室的科学教育计划，并在 与公立学校合作的绝佳位置，以确保 学生和教师有最好的资源可供他们使用 增强科技素养。拟议的STEP计划将 专注于将技术整合到5-12年级的教室和 加强5-12年级教师的内容和研究技能。这 应用程序包括一系列重要的新举措以及 扩大试点方案，各地区对此反应热烈 教师和教育工作者。挑战是扩展这些想法，以便 可以以一种方式为更大的教师和学生群体提供服务，这是 甚至比我们现有的试点项目取得的成果还要好。建房 关于正在进行的和过去的项目，调查人员提出了以下具体建议 目标：提高教师在课堂上对技术的使用；提供新颖的 计算机工具，如与科学和健康有关的CD和基于网络的 用于5-12年级教室的教育方法；建立独特的 网上教室覆盖地方和全州的教室；并扩大网络-- 基于田纳西州科学教师的信息和资源。要实现 对于这些目标，调查人员将重点放在两个具体目标上： 开发、实施和评价基于技术的工具和 在5-12年级课堂上使用的课程；以及科学的发展 以及为5-12年级的科学和健康教师举办的技术讲习班。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the applicant's abstract): National agencies have established long-term goals to ensure that standards-based science education is available to all students; that the science pipelines provide adequate numbers of highly-educated students for science careers; that those who select these careers have the best education possible; that their teachers have the understanding and best skills to ensure excellent education; and that programs are available to maintain public interest in and awareness of scientific and technological developments. The current Phase I application, STEP, is a partnership program between Vanderbilt University and public schools across Tennessee. Vanderbilt has taken a leadership role in introducing and supporting science education programs in 5-12th grade classrooms and is in an excellent position to partner with the public schools to ensure that the students and teachers have the best possible resources available to them for enhancing science and technology literacy. The proposed STEP program will focus on the integration of technology into 5-12th grade classrooms and the enhancement of content and research skills of 5-12th grade teachers. This application includes a series of significant new initiatives as well as the expansion of pilot programs, which have been received with enthusiasm by area teachers and educators. The challenge is to expand these ideas so that a larger group of teachers and students can be served in a fashion, which is even better than currently achieved in our existing pilot programs. Building on ongoing and past programs, the investigators propose the following specific goals: to enhance teacher use of technology in the classroom; to offer novel computer tools such as science and health-related CDs and web-based educational approaches for use in 5-12th grade classrooms; to establish unique on-line classrooms to reach local and statewide classrooms; and to expand web- based information and resources for Tennessee science teachers. To achieve these goals, the investigators will focus on two specific objectives: the development, implementation and evaluation of technology-based tools and programs for use in 5-12th grade classrooms; and the development of science and technology workshops for 5-12th grade science and health teachers.