New GK-12: Partnership between Educators and Researchers for Enhancing Classroom Teaching (PERFECT)

对于这个新的GK-12项目，弗吉尼亚海洋科学研究所将与切萨皮克湾地区的四所中学合作，为来自城市、郊区和农村地区15个学区的学生提供服务。合作伙伴包括传统STEM课程的学校，以及特别关注海洋和环境科学的学校。很高比例的学生来自传统上在STEM学科中代表性不足的群体。该项目将允许研究生研究员和教师将最先进的科学和技术纳入K-12 STEM教育，并使用切萨皮克湾作为当地相关的例子来激励评分员。每个GK-12研究生研究员将团队与在职教师全年。这种伙伴团队形式允许研究员和老师相互指导和学习。教师将获得宝贵的实践研究经验，通过参与研究员？研究项目。作为回报，教师将指导研究员编写适当的教学材料和进行课堂教学。将提供特别课程和讲习班，以进一步提高研究员的能力？和教师？通过这个项目，研究生将获得传统研究生培训所没有的宝贵的教学技能和教学经验。更重要的是，他们将培养终身的兴趣，通过正式和非正式的方式为K-12科学教育做出贡献。该项目还将加强切萨皮克湾地区研究人员和教育工作者之间的伙伴关系，并制作新的教材，使更广泛的K-12科学教育社区受益。

For this new GK-12 project the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will partner with four secondary schools in the Chesapeake Bay region serving students from 15 school districts, from urban to suburban and rural areas. The partners include schools with traditional STEM curricula, as well as schools with a special focus on marine and environmental sciences. A high percentage of the students are from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM disciplines. The project will allow graduate fellows and faculty to incorporate state-of-the-art science and technology into K-12 STEM education, and use Chesapeake Bay as a locally relevant example to inspire the graders. Each GK-12 graduate fellow will team with an in-service teacher throughout the year. This buddy team format allows the fellow and the teacher to mentor and learn from each other. Teachers will gain valuable hands-on research experience by participating in fellows? research projects. In return, teachers will guide fellows to develop appropriate teaching materials and conduct classroom teaching. Special courses and workshops will be offered to further enhance fellows? and teachers? content understanding and communication skills.Through this project graduate fellows will gain valuable pedagogical skills and teaching experiences that are not available in traditional graduate training. More importantly, they will cultivate a life-long interest to contribute to K-12 science education via formal and informal means. The project will also strengthen the partnership between researchers and educators in the Chesapeake Bay region, and produce new teaching materials that will benefit the broader K-12 science education communities.