Effective and Sustainable Professional Development for Hands-On Universe

这个为期三年的项目，由加州大学（劳伦斯科学馆）赞助，将扩大实践宇宙（HOU）教师增强计划使用互联网，并将开发支持专业发展的材料。 在接下来的三年里，将开发使教师加入HOU的方法，以便来自广泛的地理和科学背景的高中教师能够通过HOU计划有效地教学，该计划将在内容上不断升级，并将增加嵌入式评估选项。 教师将学习一些支持新的国家科学标准的技能。 因此，教师学习如何：i）使用先进的全球望远镜阵列和其他真实的天文学数据进行科学和数学教育; ii）使用专业天文学工具进行基于研究的探索; iii）使用强大的计算机和技术工具支持基于探究的教育; iv）使自己和学生能够做出真实的发现。 将制定和评价一项在线辅导材料和教师指南计划，包括对互动式网络讲习班与面对面讲习班相比的任何不同效果进行认真的形成性评价。 关键是利用互联网访问一套强大的教师培训材料和资源，这些材料和资源支持广泛的教师兴趣和技能，使更多的教师比目前的情况下可以轻松地使用HOU计划。 共有超过1000名教师将由该项目服务。费用分摊金额为30%的国家科学基金会奖。

9819579PENNYPACKERThis three-year project, sponsored by the University of California (Lawrence Hall of Science), will scale up the Hands-on Universe (HOU) Teacher Enhancement program using the Internet and will develop supporting professional development materials. Over the next three years methods to enable teachers to join HOU will be developed so that High School teachers who come from broad geographic and scientific backgrounds can effectively teach through the HOU Program which will be continuously upgraded in content and which will add embedded assessment options. Teachers will learn a number of skills that support the new National Science Standards. Thus teachers learn how to: i) use a sophisticated global array of telescopes and other real astronomy data for science and math education; ii) undertake research-based explorations using the tools of professional astronomy; iii) use potent computer and technological tools to support inquiry-based education; iv) enable themselves and students to make real discoveries. A plan of on-line tutorial materials and teacher guides will be developed and evaluated, including careful formative evaluations of any differential effects of interactive web-based workshops compared to face-to-face workshops. The key is to use the Internet to access a powerful set of teacher training materials and resources which support a wide range of teacher interests and skills, so that many more teachers than is currently the case can easily use the HOU Program. Altogether more than 1000 teachers will be served by the project.The cost-sharing amounts to 30% of the NSF award.