Oceanography as a Vehicle for Teacher Enhancement in the Sciences

与佛罗里达州西南教师教育中心(SWFTEC)在福特的五个县学区联盟合作。在迈耶斯，佛罗里达海洋研究所(FIO)提出了一个为期两年的研讨会/讲习班、考察船经验和实地练习的计划，旨在将海洋学强烈的多学科性质和激动人心的特性转化为加强对基础科学和数学的理解和教学技能。该计划的后续会议将强调科学原则在海岸管理中的应用，并将有社区和州领导人参与。课程内容和活动与佛罗里达州教育部课程框架挂钩。从1990年夏天开始，来自五个县地区的30名教师将担任带头教师，在西南外经贸委专业人员的帮助下，将计划内容转化为教学技术、教案和教具，并将在学区举行的一系列教师指导讲习班上介绍。重点将放在继续让教师接触佛罗里达州公立和私立研究机构的许多科学家。通过首席教师网络，该计划将通过在职教师培训和讲习班输出到该州的其他学区。学员每学期可获得五个毕业学分。参与者在正常学年的所有工资，以及通过FIO、佛罗里达州教育部和私人资金，学术、海洋和关键设施实地活动的全部费用均由费用分摊。费用分摊金额为332,792美元，相当于NSF奖励的90%。

Working with a five county consortium of school districts served by the Southwest Florida Teacher Education Center (SWFTEC) in Ft. Meyers, the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) proposes a two year program of seminar/workshops, research vessel experience and field exercises designed to translate the strongly multidisciplinary nature and excitement of oceanography into enhanced understanding and teaching skills in the basic sciences and mathematics. Later sessions of the program will stress the application of scientific principles in coastal management and will involve community and state leaders. The content and activities are tied to the Florida Department of Education Curriculum framework. Beginning in the summer of 1990, thirty teachers from the five county area will act as lead teachers, translating with the aid of the professional staff of SWFTEC, the program content into pedagogical techniques, lesson plans and teacher aids that will be presented in a series of teacher led workshops in the school districts. An emphasis will be placed on continuing teacher access to the many scientists in Florida's public and private research institutions. Through the lead teacher network, the program will be exported to other school districts in the state through inservice teacher training and workshops. Participants may earn five graduate credit hours per semester. All of the participant's salaries during the regular school year and, through FIO, the Florida Department of Education, and private funding, the entire cost of the academic, oceanographic and Keys facility field activities are cost shared. The cost sharing in an amount of $332,792 equals 90% of the NSF award.