NEW FRONTIERS IN PHYSIOLOGY--PHASE II IMPROVEMENTS

描述（改编自申请人的摘要）： 生理学（第二阶段项目）旨在通过以下方式改善科学教育： 将科学研究界建设成为支助基础设施 为教师。 具体而言，它将在以下方面建立持续的关系： 研究人员和教师通过研究和在职经验， 计算机网络，并促进K-12国家标准的采用 通过教师和研究人员合作开展的活动。 这些目标将通过夏季生理学研究计划实现， 联合教师-研究员生理学在职计划。 期间 暑期研究计划，教师将进行生理学研究 实验室，了解有效的教学策略，并开发新的 以硬拷贝和在线形式分发的课程材料。 在 在服务计划中，教师和研究人员团队将进行生理学 在职讲习班，重点是有效的教学方法。 教师 将在整个学年参与项目活动。 近 全国800名教师将参加这个为期三年的项目。 的 该项目将作为专业组织的典范， 其他在职人员的材料和方法，包括科学 教育改革项目。 它将为建立长期的 教师和研究人员之间的关系，从而建立研究 为K-12科学教育提供基础设施。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from applicant's abstract): New Frontiers in Physiology (a Phase II project) is designed to improve science education by building the scientific research community into the support infrastructure for teachers. Specifically, it will create ongoing relationships between researchers and teachers through research and inservice experiences and computer networks, and promote the adoption of K-12 national standards through activities developed collaboratively by teachers and researchers. These goals will be met via the Summer Research in Physiology Program and the Joint Teacher-Researcher Physiology Inservice Program. During the Summer Research Program, teachers will conduct research in physiology laboratories, learn about effective teaching strategies, and develop new curricular materials for dissemination in hard copy and on-line. In the Inservice Program, teams of teachers and researchers will conduct physiology inservice workshops, focusing on effective pedagogical techniques. Teachers will be involved in project activities over a full academic year. Nearly 800 teachers, nationwide, will participate in the three-year project. The project will serve as a model for professional organizations and provide materials and methods for other inservice providers, including science education reform projects. It will provide a model for building long-term relationships between teachers and researchers, thus building the research community into the support infrastructure for K-12 science education.