Field Science Institute for Teachers

[355749]麦克恩科学教学需要许多教师没有从本科和继续教育中获得的经验。最有效的方法之一是在当地和校外进行户外实地活动，在这些活动中，学生通过观察和解释而不是收集事实来学习科学。我们建议为教师建立一个实地科学研究所，在那里，K-12教师通过在适当的地方进行课堂和实地工作，增加他们对适合实地研究的科学主题的基本知识和欣赏。这笔赠款允许40名教师在1994年和1995年卫斯理大学的夏季学期参加野外科学研究所的研究生自由研究计划。该研究所将在1994年7月和1995年7月为期四周的会议期间同时举办四个学术课程和研讨会。课程将以野外植物学、野外地质学、野外动物学（生态学）和野外考古学为主题，并为所有参与者提供课程设计研讨会。研究生学分可以申请文科硕士学位或高级学习证书，学区也可以授予CEU。

9355749 McHone The teaching of science requires experiences that many teachers have not obtained from their undergraduate and continuing education's. One of the most effective methods centers on outdoor field activities, both local and off-school, in which students learn science as observation and interpretation rather than as a collection of facts. We propose a Field Science Institute for Teachers, in which K-12 teachers increase their basic knowledge and appreciation of science topics that are appropriate for field study, using classroom work and field work at suitable localities. The grant allows 40 teachers to participate in the Field Science Institute during each of the 1994 and 1995 summer semesters at Wesleyan University, within the Graduate Liberal Studies Program. The Institute will be conducted as four concurrent academic courses and seminars during four-week sessions in July of 1994 and July of 1995. Courses will be in subject areas of Field Botany, Field Geology, Field Zoology (Ecology), and Field Archaeology, plus a seminar in curriculum design for all participants. Graduate credits can be applied toward a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies or a Certificate of Advanced Study, and school districts may also award CEU's.