School Partnership: A Creative Educational Model for Experienced Teachers (SPACEMET)

该提案寻求加强科学教学，将空间科学作为一种既有吸引力又本质上是跨学科的工具。这项为期三年的计划将在一个示范计划中培训来自马萨诸塞州西部地区的120名中学教师，该计划强调对这一主题的纪律方法，并发展一种持续的支持机制，使教师能够共同努力，使他们的教学保持最新，并确保他们的教育过程长期持续。该方案由以下部分组成：(1)春季初步会议；(2)为期3周的暑期学院；(3)学年后续方案；(4)支持机制，包括公告牌网络、霍利奥克儿童博物馆的一名非全职空间科学资源教师，以及由空间网校友组织的中学科学学术联盟。一笔相当于NSF奖金24.3%的资金来自马萨诸塞大学、五所学院和其他来源。

The proposal seeks to enhance the teaching of science using Space Science as a vehicle which is both appealing and inherently interdisciplinary. This three-year program will train 120 middle school teachers from the Western Massachusetts area in a model program which emphasizes a disciplinary approach to the subject and the development of an ongoing support mechanism which will enable teachers to work together in keeping their teaching current and insure a long-term continuation of their educational process. The program consists of the following components: (i) preliminary spring meetings; (ii) a 3-week summer institute; (iii) an academic year follow-up program; (iv) support mechanisms including a bulletin-board network, a part-time space science resource teacher at the Children's Museum at Holyoke, and an academic alliance of middle school science organized by the SPACENET alumni. An amount equivalent to 24.3% of the NSF award is being contributed by the University of Massachusetts, Five Colleges, and other sources.