Summer Institute for Middle School and High School Teachers of the Deaf in Life and Environmental Sciences

该项目是一项为期四年的计划，旨在加强全国聋人初中生和高中生的生命和环境科学教学。为了实现这一目标，每年夏天将在加拉德特大学举办为期四周的暑期学院，为期四年，共有82名初高中聋人教师参加。该研究所将整合大学理工学院和大学遗传学服务中心的专业知识和设施，以及鱼类和野生动物服务机构和海洋科学联盟，加拉德特大学是该联盟的成员。该研究所将专注于遗传学、生理学和环境科学的内容领域，主要侧重于实验室和实地实践经验。其他主题包括：教授批判性思维、职业信息、改进教学的技术，以及教育技术的使用。参加者将被提供一系列“带回家的”课程计划，并将被期望向他们的同龄人传递相关信息和教学技能。与会者还将通过计算机会议系统与教职员工和其他人联系起来。费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的5.0%。

This project is a four-year program to enhance the teaching of life and environmental science to deaf middle school and high school students nationwide. To accomplish this purpose, a four-week summer Institute will be held at Gallaudet University each summer for four years, for a total of eighty-two middle and high school teachers of the deaf. The Institute will integrate the expertise and facilities of the University science faculties and the Genetics Services Center at the University as well as the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Marine Science Consortium, of which Gallaudet University is a member. The Institute will concentrate on the content areas of genetics, physiology and environmental science with the major focus on hands- on laboratory and field experiences. Other topics to be covered include: teaching critical thinking, career information, techniques to improve teaching, and the use of educational technology. Participants will be provided with a series of "take home" lesson plans and will be expected to transfer relevant information and pedagogical skills to their peers. Participants will also be linked with faculty and staff and each other via a computer conferencing system. Cost-sharing equals 5.0% of the NSF award.