Workshop Utilizing an Innovative Approach to the Teaching ofScience in the Middle School Level

该项目将从芝加哥地区招募105名中学教师参加一个为期一个月的暑期研讨会，该研讨会起源于伊利诺伊州芝加哥市的哥伦比亚学院。工程于1992年11月1日开工，1995年10月31日结束。该项目将Zafra Lerman博士以前的工作从小学扩展到中学，主要目标是提高中学教师的科学内容和教学知识。PI和其他机构已经开发并正在开发整合科学和数学的课程。课程的跨学科方法超出了数学和科学的联系，因为物理、化学和生物科学也将被整合。激发教师和学生学习科学的方法包括使用艺术、戏剧、音乐、舞蹈等。这些方法还使教师能够为学生建立跨课程的联系，并说明科学和数学的日常背景。费用分摊约为27%。

This project will recruit 105 middle school teachers from the Chicago area to participate in a month-long summer workshop that originates from Columbia College in Chicago, Illinois. The project starts in November 1, 1992 and ends October 31, 1995. This program extends previous work by Dr. Zafra Lerman from elementary schools into the middle schools, with the primary objective being to enhance middle school teachers' content and pedagogical knowledge in science. The PI and others have developed, and are developing, curriculum that integrates science and mathematics. The interdisciplinary approach to the curriculum extends beyond the linkage of math and science, since the physical, chemical and biological sciences will also be integrated. Methods developed to excite science learning in teachers and students include the use of art, plays, music, dance, etc. These approaches also enable teachers to make connections across the curriculum for the students and illustrate the everyday context of science and mathematics. There is an approximate cost-share of 27%.