Northern Arizona University's Science Learning Center Middle School Teacher Preparation Project

北亚利桑那大学将为中学科学和数学教师制定一个为期五年的示范计划。拟议的努力将包括按照NSTA和NCTM的指导方针教授内容丰富的科学和数学课程，并开发一系列被称为“综合实验室”的课程，试图帮助学生将科学和数学内容与中学课程的实际情况联系起来。整个课程的重点是整合数学和科学，并帮助学生将正式的内容应用到中学。该计划是科学家和数学家、科学和数学教育者、教师教育者、硕士教师和学校人员共同努力的结果。该课程将培养一名既具有内容知识又具有中学教学方法技能的教师。计划了许多与中学生的经历。一个顶点体验，在学生教学之后，是一个暑期“夏令营”，学生在大师老师和大学人员的指导下全职教中学生。项目评估的一部分是将该项目教师的内容知识和教学绩效与匹配的对照组进行比较。戈登·p·约翰逊博士将指导这个项目。约翰逊博士是物理系的教授，完全有资格指导这项重大工作。在第一年，该项目将由生物学教授雷·坦帕利博士共同指导。参与项目开发的关键人员在科学和数学部门担任学术职务，或者是科学和数学教育工作者。与公立学校的联系是显而易见的，必要的学校人员参与了项目的各个方面。这是一个非常强大的项目，将成为那些希望培养具有特别强大的科学和数学内容知识的中学教师的机构的典范。

Northern Arizona University will develop a five-year model program for the preparation of middle school science and mathematics teachers. The proposed effort will involve the teaching of strong content courses in science and mathematics in agreement with NSTA and NCTM guidelines, and the development of a series of courses, referred to as "integrated laboratories", that attempt to help students tie the science and mathematics content to the realities of the middle school curriculum. The focus throughout the program is on integrating the mathematics and science and helping students to apply the formal content to the middle school. The proposed program represents a coordinated effort involving scientists and mathematicians, science and mathematics educators, teacher educators, master teachers and school personnel. This program will prepare a teacher who has both content knowledge and skill with methods of teaching in the middle school. Numerous experiences with middle school children are planned. A capstone experience, following student teaching, is a summer "camp" in which students teach middle school children full-time under the guidance of master teachers and university personnel. Part of the evaluation of the project is to compare the content knowledge and teaching performance of teachers in this program with a matched control group. Dr. Gordon P. Johnson will direct the project. Dr. Johnson is a Professor in the Department of Physics and is very well qualified to direct this major effort. During the first year the project will be co- directed by Dr. Ray Tamppari, Professor of Biology. The critical staff involved in program development hold academic appointments in science and mathematics departments or are science and mathematics educators. The links with the public schools are evident and the necessary school personnel are intrically involved in all aspects of the project. This is a very strong project and will serve as a model for those institutions desiring to prepare middle school teachers having exceptionally strong science and mathematics content knowledge.