Computers to Enhance Science Education

这个领导活动项目是一个合资企业的巴尔的摩 城市公立学校和约翰霍普金斯大学 继续学习。 该项目涉及40所中学和10所高中 学校教师在活动中增加计算机的应用 在巴尔的摩市学校的科学教室里使用技术。 它 是一个成功的试点项目的产物， 1986年，科学家。 目标人群中含有较高的 少数民族和处境不利学生的百分比。 两组20名中学科学教师将获得为期12天的 计算机意识、操作程序、文字教学 处理，数据库和电子表格的使用，软件评估，实验室 接口，编程和个人项目开发。 教师 将有足够的机会“实践与反馈”，并将收到 由支持协调员和领导教师进行后续辅导， 培训计划。将向10名高中生提供领导能力培训 学校和10名中学教师，他们将在 学校的设置。 此外，15名领导教师将制定一项 一系列模型科学课程，将计算机技术融入 在为期五周的暑期课程中学习目前的课程。 项目工作人员 来自约翰霍普金斯大学的研究人员也将继续为 项目教师 正式的教师协会，以继续 该项目的工作将建立。 参与者将从为学生提供教育的中学中成对选出。 参与试点项目的高中。 标准已经 为选拔中学学员而设立， 教师和Curriuclum开发人员。

This Leadership Activities project is a joint venture of the Baltimore City Public Schools and the Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies. The project involves 40 middle school and 10 high school teachers in activities to increase the application of computer technology in the science classrooms of the Baltimore City schools. It is an outgrowth of a successful pilot project involving high school science teachers during 1986. The target population contains a high percentage of minority and disadvantaged students. Two groups of 20 middle school science teachers will receive 12 days of instruction in computer awareness, operating procedures, word processing, database and spreadsheet use, software evaluation, labortory interfacing, programming, and individual project development. Teachers will have ample opportunity to "practice with feedback" and will receive follow-up coaching by a support coordinator and leader teachers after the training program. Leadership training will be provided to 10 high school and 10 middle school teachers who will provide peer support in the school setting. In addition, 15 leader teachers will develop a series of model science lessons that integrate computer technology into the present curriculum during a five-week summer session. Project staff from Johns Hopkins will also provide continuing assistance to the project teachers. Formal associations of the teachers to continue the work of the project will be established. Participants will be selected in pairs from middle schools that feed the high schools involved in the pilot project. Criteria have been established for the selection of the middle school trainees, the leader teachers, and the curriuclum developers.