Workshop Utilizing an Innovative Approach to the Teaching ofScience in the Elementary Level

哥伦比亚学院科学与数学系 已经发展出一种非常成功的科学教学方法 给那些没有广泛科学背景的人。 一 这种独特方法的主要组成部分是整合 科学与人文和艺术的融合 该项目将 试图将该指令方法转移到程序中 旨在提高知识和教学技能， 中学科学教师 一系列研讨会， 这种创造性的方法和持续四周将提供 连续三个夏天。 在“保护伞”主题下 环境科学，物理，化学， 将通过实验室研究地质学和生物学， 经验，讨论和讲座。 教师将 通过创造和展示他们对材料的掌握， 展示他们的才能， 利益 这些项目将能够采取的形式， 绘画，电影，录像，舞蹈，诗歌，摄影， 雕塑、戏剧或新闻。 每天下午 教师将反思教学方法， 在研讨会上教他们科学， 把这种方法学运用到他们自己的课堂上。 该计划的成本分摊将是百分之五十， NSF部分。

The Department of Science and Mathematics at Columbia College has developed a highly successful method of teaching science to people who do not have extensive science backgrounds. A major component of this unique approach is the integration of science with the humanities and the arts. This project will attempt to transfer that method of instruction to a program designed to improve the knowledge and teaching skills of middle school science teachers. A series of workshops using this creative approach and lasting four weeks will be offered during three consecutive summers. Under the "umbrella" theme of environmental science, the topics of physics, chemistry, geology and biology will be studied, through laboratory experiences, discussions, and lectures. Teachers will demonstrate their mastery of the material by creating and presenting projects which incorporate their talents and interests. The projects will be able to take the form of paintings, films, videos, dances, poems, photoessays, sculptures, drama or journalism. During each afternoon teachers will reflect on the methods of instruction being used to teach them science during the workshop and plan ways to transfer such methodology to their own classrooms. The cost sharing for the program will be fifty percent of the NSF portion.