Language Acquisition in Science Education for Rural Schools (LASERS)

9454335激光项目侧重于对双语学生的小学科学教学进行系统性改革，使他们能够利用其文化和语言资源获得具有挑战性的科学课程。为了实现这一目标，该计划将成为整合、调整和加强七个学区的科学课程和语言发展计划的工具，并与学生所在的拉美裔家庭和农村农业社区建立联系。项目活动的地点将是学校所在地。工作人员发展计划将针对学校和学区的优先事项进行量身定做，并将支持教师实施和规划全面的科学课程，以解决内容和语言发展目标。此外，对该项目的评估将包括一个旨在收集信息的研究部分，这些信息将帮助教师在与学生的科学概念、语言和文化有关的真实背景下建立学习科学和从事科学之间的联系。***

9454335 Stoddart The LASERS project focuses on implementing systemic change in the teaching of elementary school science to bilingual students so that they have access to a challenging science curriculum that builds on their cultural and linguistic resources. In achieving this aim, the program will become a vehicle for integrating, restructuring, and enhancing the science curriculum and language development programs in seven school districts and for establishing links to the Latino families and rural agricultural communities from which students come. The locus of the project activities will be the school site. The staff development program will be tailored to address school and district priorities, and will support teachers in the implementation and planning of a comprehensive science curriculum that addresses content and language development goals. In addition, the evaluation of the project will include a research component designed to gather information that will help teachers forge links between learning science and doing science in an authentic context that relates to students' scientific conceptions, language and culture. ***