EXPANDING FRONTIERS:INTEGRATING INQUIRY, EQUITY, & TECH

拓展前沿：整合探究、公平和技术项目将继续并扩大美国科学学会生理学前沿项目的活动，并在网上和光盘上广泛传播项目材料和活动。前沿项目包括一个夏季研究项目和一个当地外展团队项目。每年，全国中小学科学教师暑期科研项目有超过25名教师参与：生物医学研究；探索国家科学教育标准和有效的教学方法；课程开发;建立教师和研究人员的网络。通过目前的提案，该计划将扩大到强调在初高中课堂上整合探究式学习、公平策略和网络技术。教师将在课堂上开发和利用基于网络的探究活动，使用策略让所有学生参与探索和学习过程。过去的参与者团队将作为项目新教师的导师，将领导批判性教学法的持续在线讨论，并将与加州大学伯克利分校的WISE项目一起开发在线互动探究活动。当地外展计划涉及基层教师和研究人员，为当地教师规划和实施以探究为基础的在职项目。通过目前的提案，该计划将得到精简和改进，为lot提供现场培训，并通过研讨会、后续会议和在线讨论强调调查、公平和技术使用的整合。所有的项目活动，包括研讨会和课程开发，都是教师和生物医学研究人员的共同努力。最后，帮助教师和专业发展项目主管将探究、公平和技术融入课堂/项目的资源和活动将通过在线互动课程和CD-ROM广泛传播。

The Expanding Frontiers: Integrating Inquiry, Equity, and Technology project will continue and expand the activities of the APS Frontiers in Physiology program with extensive dissemination of program materials and activities online and on CD_ROM. The Frontiers program includes both a Summer Research Program and a Local Outreach Teams program. Annually, the Summer Research Program for middle and high school science teachers involves more than 25 teachers nationwide in: biomedical research; exploration of the National Science Education Standards and effective teaching methods; curriculum development; and building networks of teachers and researchers. Through the current proposal, the program will be expanded to emphasize the integration of inquiry-based learning, equity strategies, and web-based technology in the middle and high school classroom. Teachers will develop and utilize web-based and inquiry activities in their classrooms, using strategies to involve all students in the exploration and learning process. Teams of past-participants will serve as mentors for new teachers in the program, will lead ongoing online discussions of critical pedagogy, and will develop online, interactive inquiry activities in conjunction with the U.C.-Berkeley's Project WISE. The local Outreach Program involves teachers and researchers at the grassroots level in planning and conducting inquiry-based inservice programs for local teachers. Through the current proposal, this program will be streamlined and improved to provide on-site training for LOTs, and to emphasize the integration of inquiry, equity, and technology use through workshops, follow-up sessions, and online discussions. All program activities, including workshops and curriculum development, anre collaborative efforts of teachers and biomedical researchers. Finally, resources and activities that assist teachers and directors of professional development programs in integrating inquiry, equity, and technology into their classrooms/programs will be disseminated widely via an online, interactive course and CD-ROM.