Enhancing Science Education for Preschool Educators

劳伦斯科学大厅（LHS）的这个项目， 加州大学伯克利分校，将开发和 传播数学和科学方法课程， 教师的科学课程指南，和一个激励性的视频 专为学前教育工作者设计。 该项目是为了应对 对提高科学和数学的需求 幼儿教师的知识和教学技能。 到 为了实现这一目标，该项目将开发和测试70 幼儿教育工作者小时课程。 运行中 课程将为教师提供科学入门 和数学概念， 参与活动的经验教训， 调整和教授科学内容和过程， 学龄前儿童，观察学龄前计划， 制定一项行动计划， 他们自己的学前科学课程 一种修正的科学 课程产生的课程将作为一个 教师科学课程指南可在年底 第二年。 在第三年，该项目的材料 将通过会议培训班传播， 增加400名学前教育工作者， 对培训材料的评价将完成。 该项目的成本分摊将是百分之三十八 NSF奖。

This project of the Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS), University of California at Berkeley, will develop and disseminate a mathematics and science methods course, a teacher's science curriculum guide, and a motivational video designed for preschool educators. The project is in response to the need for improving the science and mathematics knowledge and teaching skills of preschool teachers. To accomplish this goal the project will develop and test a 70 hour course for early childhood educators. The inservice course will provide teachers with an introduction to science and mathematical concepts through the ecological sciences, participation in activity-based lessons, experience in adapting and teaching science content and process to preschoolers, observation of preschool programs, and development of a plan-of-action for the implementation of their own preschool science program. A revised science curriculum resulting from the course will be produced as a Teacher's Science Curriculum Guide available at the end of Year Two. During the third year, the project's materials will be disseminated through conference training sessions for an additional 400 preschool educators, and during year four the evaluation of the training materials will be completed. The cost sharing for the project will be thirty-eight percent of the NSF award.