Development of an Inquiry-Based Biology Lab Manual for Pre-Service Elementary and Middle School Teachers

该项目正在为一门生物学入门课程编写实验手册，旨在满足职前中小学教师(即正在接受培训成为K-8教师的本科生)的需求。该手册以“国家科学教育标准”(国家研究理事会，1996年)和“科学素养基准”(美国科学促进会，1994年)中规定的内容标准和教学方法为基础。其目的是向任职前的K-8教师灌输必要的信心和背景，当他们进入教室时，成功教授基于标准和基于探究的科学是必要的，而他们是生物学本科生。完成的手册将出版，以便在全国范围内传播。智力价值：这个项目创建了一本基于探究的本科生物实验手册，专门满足未来K-8教育工作者的需求。该项目将在全国范围内开展K-8年级的活动，并将其扩大到适合生物学一年级本科生的水平。这门实验课程为职前教师提供了丰富的经验，掌握了重要的概念，并熟悉了与他们选择的专业相关的材料。更广泛的影响：实验室手册的原型版本在先前存在的专为任职前教师开设的本科生物学课程中使用、测试和评估。这本实验室手册是根据在职教师和本科生教师的地区性意见编制的，既有教过职前课程的人，也有刚接触该领域的人。麦格劳-希尔已经表示有兴趣出版这份实验室手册。这本手册的开发促进了为其他机构的职前教师专门设计的本科生物学内容课程或实验部分的创建。

This project is developing a lab manual for an introductory biology content course designed to meet the needs of pre-service elementary and middle school teachers (i.e., undergraduates in training to become K-8 teachers). The manual is based on content standards and pedagogical approaches specified in the "National Science Education Standards" (National Research Council, 1996) and "Benchmarks for Scientific Literacy" (American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1994). The intent is to instill in pre-service K-8 teachers, while they are undergraduate biology students, the confidence and background necessary to successfully teach science that is both standards- and inquiry-based when they enter their classrooms. The completed manual is to be published so as to reach a national audience. Intellectual Merit: This project creates an inquiry-based undergraduate biology lab manual that specifically addresses the needs of future K-8 educators. The project takes activities used nationally at the K-8 grade levels and scales them up to a level appropriate for first-year undergraduate biology students. The lab course gives pre-service teachers a rich experience with important concepts as well as familiarity with materials relevant to their chosen profession. Broader Impacts: Prototype versions of the lab manual are used, tested and evaluated in a pre-existing undergraduate biology course dedicated to pre-service teachers. The lab manual is developed with regional input from in-service teachers and undergraduate faculty, both those who have taught pre-service content courses before, and those who are new to the field. McGraw-Hill has expressed an interest in publishing the lab manual. Development of this manual facilitates the creation of undergraduate biology content courses or lab sections specifically designed for pre-service teachers in other institutions.