U.S.-European Workshop: Engaging Scientists in Collaborative Research on Learning and Teaching in Geography/Science Education

0118452 Stoltman该奖项资助8名美国与会者参加2001年6月30日至7月7日在英国牛津大学举行的2001年社会研究教育联合会（SSEC）会议，并参加会前和会后项目开发研讨会。组织者是约瑟夫·P·斯托特曼和詹姆斯·E·西密歇根大学的戴维斯和伦敦教育学院的阿什利肯特以及谢菲尔德大学的安德鲁·康威。该项目的目标是让“新成立的”美国和欧洲科学家/研究人员参与国际研究合作，在初中和高中（7 - 12年级）进行地理和科学的教学和学习。 与会者将在会前和会后研讨会上讨论具体的研究重点，专门制定研究议程和编写提案。知名学者和研究人员将担任研究建议和设计的导师和评审员。 此外，每位美国参与者将获得资金，以启动一个国际合作项目，其中建议在地理/科学教育方面进行合作研究的主题包括：男孩和女孩之间的差异表现;学校内教师之间的合作与学生表现之间的关系;促进教学机会的行动议程;综合科学教学方法与其他课程和教学方法的比较;和父母参与学习的影响。讲习班将加强对欧洲可比年级地理教学的了解，并利用欧洲在这一领域的进步和成就。

0118452StoltmanThis award supports travel of eight US participants to the 2001 Conference of the Social Studies Education Consortium (SSEC) at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, June 30 -July 7, 2001 and their participation in pre- and post-conference project development workshops. The organizers are Joseph P. Stoltman and James E. Davis of Western Michigan University and Ashley Kent of the London Institute of Education and Andrew Convey of the University of Sheffield. The objective of the project is to engage "newly established" US and European scientist/researchers in international research collaboration on instruction in and learning of geography and science in the middle and secondary school years (grades 7 - 12). Participants will discuss specific research foci in pre- and post-conference workshop devoted to development of a research agenda and writing of proposals. Established scholars and researchers will serve as mentors and reviewers of the research proposals and designs. In addition each US participant will receive funds to initiate an international collaborative project.Among the topics proposed for collaborative research in geography/science education are: differential performance between boys and girls; relationship between collaboration among teachers within schools and student performance; action agendas to promote instructional opportunities; comparison of integrated science approaches in teaching with other curricular and instruction approaches; and effects of parental participation in learning. The workshop will enhance understanding of European instruction in geography at comparable grade levels and take advantage of European advances and achievements in this area.