Support for teachers to attend AGU Geophysical Information for Teachers (GIFT) Workshop

支持教师参加 AGU 教师地球物理信息 (GIFT) 研讨会

• 批准号: 0549571
• 负责人: Vincent Salters
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: Florida State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-09-15 至 2006-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0549571&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Support; teachers; attend; AGU; Geophysical

This proposal provides support for middle and high school teachers to attend the Geophysical Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop at the 2005 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) in San Francisco. The goal of the workshop is to 1. Shorten the time between discovery and textbook 2. Provide materials for teachers that can directly implement in the classroom 3. Provide participants with first hand accounts of the excitement of scientific discovery. The 2005 Fall GIFT workshop theme " Journey to the Center of the Earth" is organized by the AGU in partnership with the VGP section of the AGU. Travel support will only be available to teachers who are from outside the Bay area, i.e. more than 100 miles from the workshop site. The teachers that will receive support will have to show proven leadership in improving science education. We intend to recruit teachers from Research Experience for Teachers programs in existence at many earth science institutions.The Center for Integrating Research and Learning (CIRL) at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory has extensive experience with professional development of teachers as well as curriculum development. The PI is using CIRL extensively to organize the workshop and to advertise it to teachers. The GIFT workshop will also be beneficial for the presenters as it requires them to focus on the important recent discoveries, which will ultimately allow them to better and more succinctly formulate new research goals. Teachers with a positive belief in their ability to competently present knowledge and guide student learning, tend to select and effectively use instructional activities that involve learners in higher-order thinking skills, and deliver more inquiry-oriented lessons. The proposed activity expands the reach of AGU and encourages more teachers to become involved in AGU activities.Teachers funded to attend the GIFT workshop will be placed in direct contact with active researchers, thereby shortening the time between discovery and classroom. Participants in the workshop have to be willing, on return to their school districts, to share the information with other district teachers, implement the GIFT workshop observations into the classroom and report on their improved teaching performances, based on the attendance to the workshop. The presenters at the workshop will share their presentations and they will be made available over the World Wide Web as well as on CD-ROM. Studies have shown that students of teachers that participate in these programs perform better in class and in tests, and are more enthusiastic about science. It is expected that we can support the attendance of approximately ten teachers.

该提案为初中和高中教师参加在旧金山举行的美国地球物理联盟 (AGU) 2005 年秋季会议上的教师地球物理信息 (GIFT) 研讨会提供支持。研讨会的目标是 1. 缩短发现与教科书之间的时间 2. 为教师提供可直接在课堂上实施的材料 3. 为参与者提供科学发现令人兴奋的第一手资料。 2005 年秋季 GIFT 研讨会的主题是“地心之旅”，由 AGU 与 AGU 的 VGP 部门合作组织。差旅支持仅适用于来自湾区以外（即距离研讨会地点 100 英里以上）的教师。获得支持的教师必须在改善科学教育方面表现出经过验证的领导力。我们打算从许多地球科学机构现有的教师研究经验项目中招募教师。国家强磁场实验室研究与学习一体化中心（CIRL）在教师专业发展和课程开发方面拥有丰富的经验。 PI 广泛使用 CIRL 来组织研讨会并向教师宣传。 GIFT 研讨会也对演讲者有益，因为它要求他们专注于最近的重要发现，这最终将使他们能够更好、更简洁地制定新的研究目标。教师对自己能够胜任地呈现知识和指导学生学习的能力抱有积极的信念，倾向于选择和有效地使用让学习者参与高阶思维技能的教学活动，并提供更多以探究为导向的课程。拟议的活动扩大了 AGU 的影响范围，并鼓励更多教师参与 AGU 活动。受资助参加 GIFT 研讨会的教师将与活跃的研究人员直接接触，从而缩短发现和课堂之间的时间。研讨会的参与者必须愿意在返回学区后与其他学区教师分享信息，将 GIFT 研讨会的观察结果落实到课堂上，并根据研讨会的出席情况报告他们改进的教学表现。研讨会上的演讲者将分享他们的演讲，并将通过万维网和 CD-ROM 提供。研究表明，参与这些项目的教师的学生在课堂和测试中表现更好，并且对科学更有热情。预计我们可以支持大约十名教师的出席。