Workshop on K-12 Education for Geoscientists

9727631 Morrow美国国家科学基金会地球科学教育工作组建议为地球科学家提供教育培训。SSI和阿斯彭全球变化研究所（AGCI）将合作为参加1998年夏季AGCI为期两周的科学会议的地球科学家规划、实施、记录和评估一个关于K-12教育的试点讲习班。研讨会的目标是：1)提高顶尖地球科学家的意识，让他们了解为什么科学家对K-12科学教育的关注和参与是如此重要，并使他们有能力与同事分享新的教育知识和观点；2)向地球科学家介绍重要的教育课题（如《国家科学教育标准》（1995）、认知心理学、建构主义学习理论），激发他们学习科学教育改革的兴趣；3)让地球科学家有机会审视他们在支持K-12科学教育方面可能扮演的潜在角色，并反思他们如何能够最好地服务（例如，作为教育改革的倡导者，科学信息的资源，或教育产品开发的合作伙伴）。讲习班将利用主要科学家和教育专业人员作为策划者、顾问、讲习班主持人和评估者的专业知识和支持。研讨会模式可以作为AGCI夏季科学会议的一个常规部分，也可以作为与地球科学有关的其他夏季科学研究所的一部分。

9727631 Morrow The NSF Geosciences Education Working Group recommended providing training in education for geoscientists. The SSI and the Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) will collaborate on planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating a pilot workshop on K-12 education for geoscientists who attend AGCI's two-week scientific meeting in the summer of 1998. The goals of the workshop are: 1) to raise awareness among leading geoscientists about why scientists' attention and involvement in K-12 science education is so important, and to equip them to share new knowledge and perspectives on education with their colleagues; 2) to inform geoscientists about important educational topics (e.g. National Science Education Standards (1995), cognitive psychology, and constructivist learning theory), and to pique their interest in learning more about science education reform; 3) to allow geoscientists the opportunity to examine potential roles they might play in support of K-12 science education, and to reflect on how they might best be able to serve (e.g. as an advocate of educational reform, resource of scientific information, or partner in educational product development). The workshop will draw upon the expertise and support of key scientists and education professionals as planners, advisors, workshop presenters, and evaluators. The workshop model could be instituted as a regular part of AGCI summer science meetings, and also as a part of other summer science institutes related to the geosciences.