Project SEER: Science Education for Equity Reform

这项名为科学教育促进公平改革(SEER)的项目是对人口趋势的回应，这些趋势表明，20世纪90年代18-22岁的人口数量将减少，构成也将不同。如果要满足国家的需求，人口统计数据表明，我们必须消除阻碍女性和少数族裔选择科学和工程职业的障碍。SEER项目的双重目标是在质量和数量上改善K-5级的科学教育，同时实现公平的条件，使每个儿童无论性别、族裔出身或任何其他限制成就的因素，都有充分的教育机会。SEER是一个试点项目，将在密苏里州学区大学城的六所小学进行。这一示范项目注定将成为其他学区可能采用的模式，这些学区希望为所有儿童实现公平的科学学习。来自密苏里州大学城的100名小学教师将被选中参加这项计划，该计划包括一个为期3周的K-5教师物理学院，一个为期1周的K-2教师课程学院，以及在1989年夏天为3-5年级开发课程模型和活动。此外，还将有一个学年的物理学院，然后是一个为期一周的教师课程学院，并在1990年夏天改进K-2课程。中大陆地区教育实验室(McREL)的教育公平中心将与美国物理研究所合作开展这一计划。相当于NSF申请的约20%的金额由大学城学区和私营部门资金分担成本。

This project, Science Education for Equity Reform, (SEER) is a response to demographic trends which show that the population of 18-22 year olds in the 1990s will be both smaller in magnitude and different in composition. If the needs of the nation are to be met, the demographic data affirm that we must remove those barriers which keep females and minorities from choosing careers in science and engineering. The two-fold objective of Project SEER is to improve, both qualitatively and quantitatively, the science instruction at the K-5 levels and, at the same time, to achieve a condition of equity which allows full educational opportunity for each child regardless of gender, ethnic origin, or any other factor which limits achievement. SEER is a pilot project to be carried out in the six elementary schools of University City, Missouri School District. This demonstration project is destined to serve as a model for potential adoption by other school districts that want to achieve equitable science learning for all children. One hundred elementary teachers from University City, Missouri will be selected to participate in this program which includes a 3-week physics institute for teachers K-5, a 1-week curriculum institute for teachers K-2 and development of curriculum models and activities for grades 3-5 during the summer of 1989. In addition there will be academic year physics institutes followed by a 1-week curriculum institute for teachers and the refinement of the K-2 curriculum during the summer of l990. The Educational Equity Center of the Mid- Continent Regional Educational Laboratory (MCREL) will work with the American Institute of Physics on this program. An amount equal to about 20% of the NSF request is being cost-shared by University City School district and private sector funding.