Infusion of Ethics and Values in Pre-College Science Teaching

这是一项合作研究和教育计划，目标如下：1)制作和出版一本教科书，为希望在课程中纳入道德和价值观主题的中学教师提供实际支持；2)探索州和国家科学课程，寻找在中小学课程中引入伦理和价值观的机会；3)在初高中科学课中培养学生的伦理道德和价值观；4)开始探索和测试在小学阶段的科学课程中整合伦理和价值观的可行性；5)为暑期学院和/或在职教学项目制定模式，旨在提供必要的教育、支持和鼓励，以促进各级道德和价值观的教学。为中学教师编写的教科书将包括介绍性教育部分，介绍如何有效地引导初高中学生学习科学在社会中的实践和应用所涉及的道德和价值方面。这些材料将基于主要研究人员在暑期研究所项目中获得的经验，他们之前在伦理教学方面的经验，以及使用案例研究、角色扮演和其他教学技术的快速增长的伦理教学文献。两位首席研究员，一位是在向小学生教授伦理学方面有相当成功经验的哲学家，另一位是向大学生和高中教师教授伦理学和科学价值观的环境科学家，他们将利用各自的休假来相互教育，并在这个项目上共同努力。

This is a collaborative research and education project which has the following goals: 1) producing and publishing a textbook designed to provide practical support for secondary school teachers who wish to incorporate topics in ethics and values in their curricula; 2) exploring state and national science curricula to identify opportunities for introducing ethics and values the primary and middle school grades; 3) developing ethics and values in science lessons in the junior and senior high ; 4) begin exploring and testing the feasibility of integrating ethics and values in science lessons at the elementary school level; and 5) developing models for summer institutes and/or in-service instructional programs designed to provide the education, support and encouragement needed to promote the teaching of ethics and values at all levels. The textbook for secondary school teachers will include introductory education sections on effective means of introducing junior and senior high school students to the study of moral and value-laden aspects of the practice and uses of science in society. This material will be based on the experience gained by the principal investigators during the summer institute program, their prior experience in teaching ethics and the rapidly growing literature on the teaching of ethics using case studies, role-playing and other pedagogical techniques. The principal investigators, a philosopher with considerable successful experience in teaching ethics to grade school children and an environmental scientist who has taught ethics and values in science to both college students and high school teachers, will take advantage of their mutual sabbatical leaves to educate each other and work together on this project.