Microbiological Concepts: A Pilot Program for a National Improvement of Biology Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School

微生物概念将是一个国家项目， 改进基础微生物学的教学 中学的概念。 在第一阶段， 试点项目将测试和完善整个项目 在将其扩展到每个国家之前， 联合S.财产你们 第一阶段将培训三名成员 复制团队在地理位置上分布在南方 新英格兰、大西洋中部各州和德克萨斯州。 每年将有8支队伍（24人）参加一个 为期四周的强化活动研讨会， 位于罗克维尔的美国典型培养物保藏中心， 马里兰州。 教育资料袋是由 该项目的专业人员。 这些工具包包括 微生物学基础介绍加上12个基础 微生物概念通常建议用于 中学生物课程。 接受培训的团队将 得到罗得岛大学的帮助 科学教育工作人员使用这些工具包来规划和 举办最低数量的在职讲习班， 他们的地方。 这将训练更多的团队， 复制这些讲习班， 当地的学区。 支持系统将 为接受培训的团队和教师开发。 相当于NSF奖金66.4%的金额正在被 作为费用分摊。

Microbiological Concepts will be a national project to improve the teaching and learning of basic microbiological concepts in the secondary schools. In its first stage, this pilot project will test and refine the overall project concept prior to its extension to each of the states and U. S. possessions. This first stage will train three-member replication teams geographically distributed in Southern New England, the Mid-Atlantic states, and the state of Texas. Eight teams (24 persons) each year will participate in an intensive activity-oriented four week workshop at the American Type Culture Collection facility in Rockville, Maryland. Educational kits have been designed by the professional staff of this project. The kits consist of a basic introduction to Microbiology plus the 12 basic microbiological concepts typically suggested for use in the secondary school biology courses. The teams trained will receive assistance from the University of Rhode Island's science education staff in using these kits to plan and conduct a required minimum number of in-service workshops in their local areas. These will train additional teams to replicate these workshops for delivery to Biology teachers in the local school districts. A support system will be developed for the teams and teachers receving this training. An amount equivalent to 66.4% of the NSF award is being contributed as cost-sharing.