The Exploratorium Digital Teaching Box Project: A Professional Development Tool S

Exploratorium数字教学盒项目：专业开发工具S

• 批准号: 9260076
• 负责人: Hilleary Osheroff
• 金额: $ 24.3万
• 依托单位: EXPLORATORIUM
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9260076
• 关键词: Address; Apple; Biological Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; California; Case Study; Collaborations; Collection; Communities; Custom; Development; Economically Deprived Population; Education and Outreach; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Enrollment; Ensure; Funding; Health; Image; Institutes; Instruction; Interview; K-12 Education; Knowledge; Learning; Link; Measurable; Mentors; Next Generation Science Standards; Process; Production; Program Development; Readiness; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Support; Resources; Sampling; Science; Scientist; Students; Tablets; Teacher Professional Development; Testing; Text; Textbooks; Time; Translating; Underrepresented Students; Underserved Students; United States National Institutes of Health; Work; base; career; curriculum development; design; digital; digital media; disadvantaged student; electronic book; experience; high school; improved; improved outcome; innovation; interest; junior high school; learning engagement; microscopic imaging; public health relevance; science museum; science teacher; skill acquisition; social media; student participation; teacher; tool; tool development; web site; webinar

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The emerging Next Generation Science Standards will challenge teachers to approach their practice in a new way--engaging students in core concepts, but also the processes of science, and embracing crosscutting themes. To prepare teachers for this transition, the Exploratorium Teacher Institute, assisted by NIH- supported research scientists, will offer innovative professional development to 455 biology teachers of grades 6-12 that will enable them to create Digital Teaching Boxes--topic-specific, tablet-based, digital activity collections--customized for their classrooms. Scientists will work directly with teachers in constructing the teaching boxes, providing images from their labs and information about their research, thus linking classroom biology to ongoing biomedical research. At the same time, the scientists will learn how to translate their research for the new, standards-based classroom. Using Apple's iBooks Author, the teachers will be able to assemble their own collection of microscope images and time-lapse videos, science activities, interviews of scientists, text, hands-on classroom activities, and other resources to teach a complete science unit. The Exploratorium will offer teachers its exceptional collection of high-quality images (from its SEPA-funded Microscope Imaging Station), science activities, teaching tips, and other material from more than 25 years of work with teachers. In addition, the Exploratorium and the research scientists will collaborate with teachers to create new digital assets (microscope images, activities, interviews, classroom activities) that teachers decide will best help them address the new standards. In the final year of the project, the Teacher Institute will offer free webinars about the project-ne version designed for teachers and one for professional developers. They will publicize the webinars nationally through teacher organizations and social media. All digital assets and sample toolboxes created by teachers will be available to educators free on a project website. Six to eight case studies of collaborations between teachers and scientists will highlight how to best work together to address the standards, and what produces the most effective digital teaching boxes for use by teachers in the classroom. Teachers will be recruited from the large pool of Teacher Institute alumni in Northern California, and at least 60 percent will be teachers of underserved students. Classroom experience in life science, informed by the new science standards, is most likely to inspire and prepare underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students to pursue biomedical careers, but teachers need support to make this transition.

描述（由申请人提供）：新兴的下一代科学标准将挑战教师以新的方式对待他们的实践-让学生参与核心概念，但也包括科学的过程，并拥抱交叉主题。为了让教师为这一转变做好准备，Exploratorium教师研究所在NIH支持的研究科学家的协助下，将为455名6-12年级的生物学教师提供创新的专业发展，使他们能够创建数字教学盒-特定主题，基于平板电脑的数字活动集合-为他们的教室定制。科学家们将直接与教师合作构建教学盒，提供实验室图像和研究信息，从而将课堂生物学与正在进行的生物医学研究联系起来。与此同时，科学家们将学习如何将他们的研究转化为基于标准的新课堂。 使用Apple的iBooks Author，教师将能够收集自己的显微镜图像和延时视频，科学活动，科学家访谈，文本，动手课堂活动和其他资源，以教授完整的科学单元。Exploratorium将为教师提供其卓越的高质量图像集（来自其SEPA资助的显微镜成像站），科学活动，教学技巧以及与教师合作超过25年的其他材料。此外，Exploratorium和研究科学家将与教师合作，创建新的数字资产（显微镜图像，活动，访谈，课堂活动），教师认为这将最好地帮助他们应对新标准。 在该项目的最后一年，教师协会将提供免费的网络研讨会，介绍该项目的一个版本是为教师设计的，另一个版本是为专业开发人员设计的。他们将通过教师组织和社交媒体在全国范围内宣传网络研讨会。教师创建的所有数字资产和示例工具箱将在项目网站上免费提供给教育工作者。六到八个教师和科学家之间合作的案例研究将突出如何最好地共同努力，以解决标准，以及什么产生最有效的数字教学盒，供教师在课堂上使用。 教师将从北方加州的教师学院校友中招募，至少60%将是服务不足学生的教师。在生命科学的课堂经验，由新的科学标准通知，最有可能激励和准备代表性不足和经济上处于不利地位的学生追求生物医学事业，但教师需要支持，使这一过渡。