Teachers Experiencing Polar Research Initiative

这个为期5年的项目每年有12-16名新教师参加NSF教师体验南极或北极项目。它的计划是帮助选择这些教师，帮助他们为极地研究做准备，帮助他们转移到课堂活动中，帮助科学家在研究和教育环境中与教师一起工作，并监督和管理一个广泛的教师之间交流的网站。为了提高冰上近乎真实或实时通信的有效性，该计划将利用技术（互联网和CU-See Me）。这种电子网络以及全国会议的网络旨在维持教师、研究人员、课程开发人员、管理人员和学生之间不断增长的网络，这些网络构成了极地学习社区。在任何一个极地地区参与研究经验的教师都应该在课堂上使用研究范式和使用国家科学基金会支持的极地课程（冰川项目）方面指导三位同行。指导是至少127小时的每一位教师，并要求完成极地研究经验。责任制通过与项目高级人员和项目评估人员共享的日志来维持。转入课堂活动开始于去冰上之前的研讨会，以及从冰上返回后广泛的后续研讨会。除了TEA的老师，TEA的同事也将参与到项目的活动中来。

9904860SHIPPThis 5-year program works with 12-16 new teachers each year who are participating in the NSF Teachers Experiencing Antarctica or Arctic program. Its plan is to help with the selection of those teachers, help prepare them for research in the polar regions, work with them on transfer to the classroom activities, prepare the scientists to work with the teachers in both the research and education setting, and oversee and manage an extensive website for communication between teachers. To increase the effectiveness of communication from the ice in near-real or real-time the program will leverage the use of technology (Internet and CU-See Me). This electronic networking along with that at national meetings is designed to sustain the growing network of teachers, researchers, curriculum developers, administrators, and students that constitute the Polar Learning Community. Teachers who participate in a research experience in either polar region are expected to close mentor three of their peers in the use of the research paradigm in their classroom and use the NSF supported polar curriculum (Project GLACIER). Mentoring is for a minimum of 127 hours for each of three teachers and is required upon completion of the polar research experience. Accountability is maintained through a journal shared with the senior personnel of the project and project evaluator. Transfer to the classroom activities begins with a workshop session before going to the ice and in extensive follow-up workshops upon return from the ice. In addition to the TEA teachers, TEA associates will participate in the program's activities as well.