SCIENCE TEACHERS WORKSHOPS FOR COMPUTER TRAINING

科学教师计算机培训研讨会

• 批准号: 3452439
• 负责人: SUSAN Armstrong HENRY
• 金额: $ 11.52万
• 依托单位: CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-30 至 1994-09-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3452439
• 关键词: computer data analysis; computer human interaction; computer program /software; computers; secondary schools; teaching; workshop

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.

描述：（根据调查员的摘要进行了改编） 目前正在中学的生物医学科学家将是 需要轻松和信心作为数据的工具 复杂生物学现象的收集，数据操纵和建模。 增加能够使用的未来生物医学科学家 以这种方式，这些学生的老师必须有一种感觉 对使用计算机作为科学工具的信心。 使用 中等教育中的计算机正在迅速增长。但是， 熟悉老师使用的使用并没有以与 将计算机放置在教室中。 该提案有四个旨在解决这些问题的主要目标。 第一个目标是向老师提供机会 熟悉最新的计算机技术和 提高他们使用已经拥有的计算机的能力 在他们的学校可用。 第二是为他们提供 有机会专注于个人科学学科。 这个培训 将使教师能够做出适当的软件选择 在课程计划中使用其学校中已经可用的计算机。 第三，将协助教师改编现有科学 简单数据分析的软件，以便学生可以学习使用 计算机分析实际的实验室数据。 最后，新的 最先进的设备将向老师展示 将暴露于正在开发的软件中，以便它们成为 意识到教育计算的未来趋势。 该计划将重点关注整个科学系的教师 中学。 调查员发现同时 一所学校的一群老师的指导会产生 交互式和自力更生的单元能够使用和操作计算机 课堂。 最后一个目标包括 增强发现和科学教学的跨学科性质。 该提案是基于实施试点计划的 卡内基·梅隆（Carnegie Mellon）之间的合作与协调可能 霍华德的大学和匹兹堡公立学校 休斯医学研究所和宾夕法尼亚州的新期货计划。