Evolution and Nature of Science Institutes for High School Biology Teachers

该项目是一个为期18个月的计划，其中包括1）1991年 暑期研究所为32名高中生物教师提供了两个 学年后续会议，和2）试点领导 计划包括五个为期两周的讲习班授课，期间 1992年夏天，由从下列学校选出的主要教师组成的小组， 以前的研究所。研究所和后续会议将 在印第安纳州大学校园内举行， 将在五个不同的地方举行， 选定. 这些讲习班将为另外100名 教师 该计划的目的是建立在成功的基础上， 一个以前的教师增强的努力，是发展一个 领导计划，可以作为一个国家的模式， 传播知识和教学技术， 具体的主题领域。该计划的目标 1）提高教学质量的性质 科学和进化; 2）鼓励和使生物学 教师开始与这些问题，并结合起来， （3）演示如何使用 人类作为生物学的例子可以提高学生的兴趣 （四）协助教师建立一个更有效的 动态教学法 应用会议将强调实验室的转变 专注于探索性活动。 此外，使用 合作学习，概念图，和教科书， 将鼓励参考来源。 将提供相当于NSF成本28%的金额作为成本 共享

This project is an 18 month program that includes 1) a 1991 summer institute for 32 high school biology teachers with two academic year follow-up sessions, and 2) a pilot leadership program consisting of five two-week workshops taught, during the summer of 1992, by teams of lead teachers selected from previous institutes. The institute and follow-up sessions will be held on the campus of Indiana University and the workshops will be held in five different local sites, yet to be selected. The workshops will serve an additional 100 teachers. The purpose of this program, which builds upon the success of a previous teacher enhancement effort, is to develop a leadership program that can serve as a national model for dissemination of knowledge and pedagogical techniques in a specific subject matter area. The objectives of this program are 1) to improve the quality of instruction of the nature of science and evolution; 2) to encourage and enable biology teachers to begin with these matters and to integrate them throughout the biology course; 3) to demonstrate how the use of humans as biological examples can enhance student interest and learning; 4) to assist teachers in developing a more dynamic teaching methodology. Applications sessions will emphasize a shift in laboratory focus toward exploratory activities. In addition the use of cooperative learning, concept mapping, and textbooks as reference sources will be encouraged. An amount equal to 28% of NSF costs will be provided as cost sharing.