Teaching the Science of Psychology: An Institute for High School Teachers

9555678戈达德 这项为期三年的计划，将由一九九七年开始，为期三年，每年夏季为32名心理学教师提供进修活动。该项目的目的是提高参加高中心理学课程的学生的科学素养。该项目将通过更新和扩大教师的心理科学知识，并通过使这些教师沉浸在使用基于探究的学生发起的项目作为提高科学理解的基础来做到这一点。 教师将有一个密集的四周会议，旨在让他们沉浸在研讨会期间进行的小型研究活动。 每组八名参加者将有两名经验丰富的教师协助他们工作。教师们还将在白天参与两个三小时的时间段。 将有未报告持续时间的晚间会议。 教师将主要来自阿巴拉契亚地区。 进一步预计，大多数参与者将来自印第安纳州的东南部、俄亥俄州的西南部和肯塔基州的东北部地区。 教师也欢迎来自田纳西州，西弗吉尼亚州，北卡罗来纳州，南卡罗来纳州，弗吉尼亚州和宾夕法尼亚州。成本份额占基金会奖励金额的29%。

9555678 Goddard This three year project will provide enhancement activities for 32 teachers of psychology each summer for three years beginning in 1997. The purpose of the project is to increase the scientific literacy of students enrolled in high school psychology courses. The project will do this by updating and expanding the teachers' knowledge of psychological science, and by immersing these teachers in the use of inquiry-based student initiated projects as the base for improving scientific understanding. The teachers will have an intensive four week session designed for them to be immersed in a small research activity conducted during the workshop. Each group of eight participants will have two experienced teachers to assist them in their work. The teachers will also be involved in two three hour time blocks during the day. There will be evening sessions of unreported duration. The teachers will be drawn mostly from the Appalachian Region. It is further expected that most of the participants will come from the southeastern portion of Indiana, the southwestern portion of Ohio and the northeastern region of Kentucky. Teacher are also welcome from the states of Tennessee, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The cost share represents 29% of the award amount from the Foundation.