Elementary Science Education Methods and Tools

儿童网络是一种以电信为基础的基础科学方法，已被证明在激发学生对科学和技术的兴趣方面非常有效。在这个项目中，技术教育研究中心和国家地理学会将开发将儿童网络引入职前教师教育的模式。在该项目的第一年，五个机构--汉普顿大学、宾夕法尼亚州立大学、普渡大学、斯沃斯莫尔大学和加州大学欧文分校--将实施、记录和评估在科学方法等课程中利用儿童网络的方法，学习理论、教育技术、实践教学。在第二年，另外十个机构将协助完善这些模式并证明其可传播性。该项目还将制作一份职前教育者资料包，提供在职前课程中使用儿童网络的实用建议，以及一本专著，其中包含参与研究的教师撰写的文章，审查与当前基础科学教学思想有关的模型和研究结果。费用分摊将是NSF贡献的20%。

Kids Network is a telecommunications-based approach to elementary science which has been demonstrated to be very effective in stimulating students' interest in science and technology. In this project, the Technical Education Research Center and the National Geographic Society will develop models for introducing Kids Network into preservice elementary teacher education. In the first year of the project five institutions--Hampton University, Penn State, Purdue, Swarthmore, and UC Irvine--will implement, document, and evaluate methods for utilizing Kids Network in such courses as science methods, learning theory, educational technology, and practice teaching. In the second year an additional ten institutions will assist with refining these models and demonstrating their disseminability. The project will also produce a Preservice Educator's Packet providing practical suggestions for using Kids Network in preservice curricula, and a monograph containing articles by participating faculty examining the models and research results in relation to current thinking about elementary science teaching. The cost sharing will be 20% of NSF's contribution.