Exploratorium Teacher Institute

该项目的主要目标是建立在以前在探索博物馆进行的优秀工作的基础上，利用博物馆的资源为实践教师提供丰富的经验，并开发在职项目的模型。拟议项目的计划是与来自大旧金山地区所有学区的600名初中和高中教师合作。计划强调物理科学（70%）和数学（30%）的探索活动，让教师沉浸在以学科为导向的活动中，然后他们可以为学生提供尽可能多的体验。正在开发的模型包括三个基本阶段。第一个项目建立了小组工作坊，围绕着探索博物馆丰富的展览环境所建议的课程。第二阶段使教师学会将探索馆作为资源中心来丰富他们的学习，为学生提供信息和潜在活动的来源，以及与同事分享想法的中心位置。该模式的第三阶段为教师开发项目和活动提供支持机制。这个暑期学院有100名教师，每组12至14人，在四周的时间里工作80个小时，重点是利用展品学习主题内容的扩展。学年跟踪在6个星期六上午进行，每次4小时，每次涉及40至65名教师。这些课程的重点是由教师选择的与学校课程中可能涉及的主题相关的主题。根据教师的特殊兴趣和需要，将有特殊的项目。对于这些项目，他们的老师可以向他们提供探索博物馆的专家工作人员以及居住在那里的设施和材料。课后讲习班和星期六讲习班每年举行12次，每次4小时。计划将这些课程分成两个模块，每个模块为期六周，在此期间参与者之间分享主题，尽可能鼓励团队教学。非国家科学基金的费用分摊约占资助金额的85%。

The main goals of the project are to build upon the excellent previous work that has taken place at the Exploratorium which utilizes the resources of a museum to offer enriching experiences to practicing teachers and develops models of inservice programs. The plan in the proposed project is to work with 600 teachers at the middle school and high school levels from all of the school districts in the greater San Francisco area. It is planned to emphasize exploratory activities in physical science(70%) and mathematics(30%) by offering the teachers an immersion into subject-oriented activities which they in turn can adapt as possible experiences for their students. The model which is under development consists of three basic stages. The first establishes small group workshops which revolve around a curriculum suggested by the rich environment of the Exploratorium exhibits. The second phase enables the teachers to learn to use the Exploratorium as a resource center to enrich their learning and provide a source of information and potential activities for their students as well as a central location to share their ideas with their colleagues. The third phase in the model develops a support mechanism for the teachers as they develop projects and activities. The summer institute involves 100 teachers in groups of 12 to 14 working 80 hours over a four week period to focus activities on learning extensions of subject matter content using the exhibits. The academic year follow-up takes place during 6 Saturday morning sessions of 4 hours each and involves 40 to 65 teachers per session. The focus during these sessions is on the topics chosen by the teachers relating to potential topics to be covered in the school program. There are to be special projects according to the particular interests and needs of the teachers. For these projects ther teachers have available to them the expert staff of the Exploratorium as well as the facilities and materials that are resident there. The after school and Saturday workshops occur at 12 meetings during the year for four hours each. It is planned to arrange these in two blocks of six weeks each during which there is a sharing of topics among the participants which encourages team teaching when possible. The non-NSF cost sharing is approximately eighty-five percent of the funded amount.