SCIENCE TEACHERS WORKSHOPS FOR COMPUTER TRAINING

描述：（改编自研究者摘要） 目前在中学就读的生物医学科学家将被 需要轻松和自信地使用计算机作为数据的工具 复杂生物现象的收集、数据处理和建模。 为了增加未来生物医学科学家的数量， 在这种时尚的电脑，这些学生的老师必须有一个感觉， 对使用计算机作为科学工具的信心。 使用 中学教育中的计算机正在迅速发展;然而， 教师对其使用的熟悉程度并没有以同样的速度增长， 把电脑放在教室里。 该提案有四个主要目标，旨在解决这些问题。 第一个目标是为教师提供机会， 熟悉最新的计算机技术， 提高他们使用现有计算机的能力 在他们的学校里。 第二是为他们提供 有机会专注于个别科学学科。 本次培训 将使教师能够对适当的软件做出有教育意义的选择， 在教学计划中使用学校已有的计算机。 第三，将协助教师适应现有的科学 软件进行简单的数据分析，使学生可以学习使用 计算机分析实际实验室数据。 最后，新， 将向教师展示最先进的设备， 将接触到正在开发的软件， 了解教育计算的未来趋势。 该计划将集中在整个科学部门的教师从一个 一所中学。 调查人员发现， 来自一所学校的一组教师的指导产生了一个 互动和自力更生的单位，能够使用和操作计算机在 教室 最后一个目标包括以下额外好处： 加强发现和科学教学的跨学科性质。 这项建议是基于一项试点方案的实施， 通过卡内基梅隆大学和 大学和匹兹堡公立学校的资金来自霍华德 休斯医学研究所和宾夕法尼亚州的新未来计划。

DESCRIPTION: (Adapted from investigator's abstract) The generation of biomedical scientists currently enrolled in secondary schools will be required to use the computer with ease and confidence as a tool for data collection, data manipulation and modeling of complex biological phenomena. To increase that pool of future biomedical scientists who are able to use computers in this fashion, the teachers of these students must have a sense of confidence in the use of computers as scientific tools. The use of computers in secondary education is growing rapidly; however, the familiarity of the teachers with its use has not grown at the same pace as has the placing of the computers in the classroom. This proposal has four major objectives designed to address these issues. The first objective is to present the teachers with an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the latest in computer technology and to improve their ability to make use of the computers which they already have available in their schools. The second is to provide them with the opportunity to focus on individual scientific disciplines. This training will enable teachers to make educated choices of appropriate software to use in lesson plans using computers already available in their schools. Third, the teachers will be assisted in adapting existing scientific software for simple data analysis so that students can learn to use computers to analyze actual laboratory data. Finally, new, state-of-the-art equipment will be demonstrated to the teachers and they will be exposed to software under development so that they will become aware of future trends in educational computing. This program will focus on the faculty of entire science departments from a single secondary school. The investigaors have found that the simultaneous instruction of a group of teachers from a single school produces an interactive and self-reliant unit able to use and operate computers in the classroom. This last objective includes the additional benefit of enhancing the interdisciplinary nature of discovery and science teaching. This proposal is based upon the implementation of a pilot program, made possible by the cooperation and coordination between Carnegie Mellon University and the Pittsburgh Public Schools with funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the New Futures Program of Pennsylvania.