Frontiers in Physiology: An Enhancement Program for Teachers

9355658 Matyas Theis项目将通过将科研社区建设成为教师的支持基础设施来改善科学教育。具体来说，它将：通过研究和在职经验以及计算机网络，在研究人员和教师之间建立持续的关系；并通过教师和研究人员合作开发的活动促进K-12国家标准的采用。这些目标将通过1)生理学暑期研究项目来实现；2)在职生理学教师-研究员联合项目。在暑期研究项目中，教师在生理学实验室进行研究，并参加额外的专业活动。在在职项目中，教师和研究人员为在职生理学研讨会开发实验室/课程，重点是有效的教学技术。教师将参与整个学年的项目活动。全国500多名教师将参与这个为期三年的项目。该计划的特色包括：通过计算机网络将教师与全球资源连接起来；制作录像带，模拟有效的教学技术；建立可上网的生理学课程数据库；并在整个项目中关注性别和种族/民族平等。该项目将成为专业组织的典范，并为服务提供者提供材料和方法（例如国家系统和城市倡议）。最重要的是，它将为教师和研究人员之间建立长期关系提供一个模型，从而将研究社区建立为K-12科学教育的支持基础设施。

9355658 Matyas Theis project will improve science education by building the scientific research community into the support infrastructure for teachers. Specifically, it will: create ongoing relationships between researchers and teachers through research and inservice experiences and computer networks; and promote the adoption of K-12 national standards through activities developed collaboratively by teachers and researchers. These goals will be met via 1) the Summer Research in Physiology Program; and 2) the Joint Teacher-Researcher Physiology Inservice Program. During the Summer Research Program, teachers conduct research in physiology laboratories and participate in additional professional activities. In the Inservice Program, teachers and researchers develop lab/lessons for physiology inservice workshops, focusing on effective pedagogical techniques. Teachers will be involved in project activities over a full academic year. More than 500 teachers, nationwide, will participate in the three-year project. Special features of the program include: connecting teachers to global resources via computer networks; producing a videotape modeling effective pedagogical techniques; developing an INTERNET- accessible databank of physiology lessons; and focusing throughout the project on gender and racial/ethnic equity. The project will serve as a model for professional organizations and provide materials and methods for inservice providers (e.g., State Systemic and Urban Initiatives). Most significantly, it will provide a model for building long-term relationships between teachers and researchers, thus building the research community into the support infrastructure for K-12 science education.