Evolution and Nature of Science Institute for Biology Teachers

该项目将包括一个为期三周的暑期课程，35名高中生物教师在两个学年中参加（总共70名教师），并在学年期间进行两次为期两天的随访。该计划旨在(i)准备或提高教师对科学探究本质的知识，以进化论为内容主题；（ii）鼓励教师以进化论和科学的本质作为生物课程的主题，将其作为中心主题来整合其他主题；（iii）通过对两门教学课程的形成性和总结性评估，帮助教师开发一种动态的、自我纠正的方法，以提高教学效率。这些研究所将以多种方式展示，包括讲座、演示、电影、讨论、实地考察等。后续行动将大大增加内容和课程的变化实际纳入的程度，并将允许进一步制定自我纠正的执行方案。对教师和课程的形成性评价和总结性评价都将鼓励采用自我纠正的方法来改变。相当于国家科学基金会奖金的14.5%的金额将由印第安纳大学作为费用分摊。在两年的时间里，该项目的每位参与者的国家科学基金会费用为4,308美元。

The program will consist of a three-week summer institute for 35 high-school biology teachers in each of two academic years (for a total of 70 teachers), with 2 two-day follow-ups during the academic year. The program is designed to (i) prepare, or enhance, the teachers' knowledge of the nature of scientific inquiry, using the theory of evolution as the content subject; (ii) to encourage teachers to begin their biology courses with the topic of evolution and the nature of science, using them as central themes to integrate the remainder of the topics; (iii) to help the teachers to develop a dynamic, self-correcting method for becoming more effective, through formative and summative evaluation of both teaching courses. The institutes will be presented in a variety of modes including lectures, demonstration, films, discussions, field trips, etc. The follow-ups will increase appreciably the extent to which changes in content and curriculum are actually incorporated, and will allow further development of self-correcting implementation program. Both formative and summative evaluations of teachers and courses will encourage a self-correcting approach to change. An amount equivalent to 14.5% of the NSF award is being contributed by Indiana University as cost sharing. The NSF cost per participant for the project is $4,308 in the two years' duration.