EXPANDING FRONTIERS:INTEGRATING INQUIRY, EQUITY, & TECH

不断扩展的边界：整合调查，公平和技术项目将继续和扩大APS前沿生理学计划的活动，广泛传播在线和CD_ROM上的计划材料和活动。前沿计划包括夏季研究计划和当地外展团队计划。 每年，初中和高中科学教师的暑期研究计划涉及全国25名以上的教师：生物医学研究;探索国家科学教育标准和有效的教学方法;课程开发;以及建立教师和研究人员网络。 通过目前的建议，该计划将扩大到强调在初中和高中课堂上整合探究式学习，公平战略和基于网络的技术。 教师将在课堂上开发和利用基于网络的探究活动，使用策略让所有学生参与探索和学习过程。 过去的参与者团队将担任该计划中新教师的导师，将领导正在进行的批判性教学法在线讨论，并将与U.C.合作开发在线互动式探究活动。Berkeley的Project WISE。 地方外联方案让基层的教师和研究人员参与为地方教师规划和开展基于调查的在职方案。 通过目前的提案，该计划将被简化和改进，为LOT提供现场培训，并通过研讨会，后续会议和在线讨论强调调查，公平和技术使用的整合。 所有的计划活动，包括研讨会和课程开发，都需要教师和生物医学研究人员的共同努力. 最后，将通过在线互动课程和光盘广泛传播资源和活动，帮助教师和专业发展方案主任将调查、公平和技术融入他们的课堂/方案。

The Expanding Frontiers: Integrating Inquiry, Equity, and Technology project will continue and expand the activities of the APS Frontiers in Physiology program with extensive dissemination of program materials and activities online and on CD_ROM. The Frontiers program includes both a Summer Research Program and a Local Outreach Teams program. Annually, the Summer Research Program for middle and high school science teachers involves more than 25 teachers nationwide in: biomedical research; exploration of the National Science Education Standards and effective teaching methods; curriculum development; and building networks of teachers and researchers. Through the current proposal, the program will be expanded to emphasize the integration of inquiry-based learning, equity strategies, and web-based technology in the middle and high school classroom. Teachers will develop and utilize web-based and inquiry activities in their classrooms, using strategies to involve all students in the exploration and learning process. Teams of past-participants will serve as mentors for new teachers in the program, will lead ongoing online discussions of critical pedagogy, and will develop online, interactive inquiry activities in conjunction with the U.C.-Berkeley's Project WISE. The local Outreach Program involves teachers and researchers at the grassroots level in planning and conducting inquiry-based inservice programs for local teachers. Through the current proposal, this program will be streamlined and improved to provide on-site training for LOTs, and to emphasize the integration of inquiry, equity, and technology use through workshops, follow-up sessions, and online discussions. All program activities, including workshops and curriculum development, anre collaborative efforts of teachers and biomedical researchers. Finally, resources and activities that assist teachers and directors of professional development programs in integrating inquiry, equity, and technology into their classrooms/programs will be disseminated widely via an online, interactive course and CD-ROM.