HR: 1340h
AN: OS23A-1299    [Abstracts]
TI: Secondary Teachers and Their Students; Why you Need Them, Where to Find Them and How to Make Them Your Number One Audience!
AU: * Peart, L
EM: lpeart@joiscience.org
AF: Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 1201 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, D.C 20005 United States
AB: Increased numbers of scientific researchers are developing education and outreach activities that promote "broader impacts" by engaging audiences outside the research community. High school teachers and their students offer a high return on researchers' investments of time, knowledge and resources. Numerous models have demonstrated that effective professional development can improve science teaching quality and student learning in college preparatory courses. This presentation offers practical steps, guidelines and mechanisms for engaging secondary science teachers through professional development or curriculum enhancement. Case studies from organizations like Joint Oceanographic Institutions and The University of Texas' Charles A. Dana Center will be examined. Finally, frameworks linking ocean science research methods, findings and data sets to applicable secondary science courses, national science standards and standardized testing objectives will be provided and discussed.
DE: 0800 EDUCATION
DE: 0805 Elementary and secondary education
DE: 0820 Curriculum and laboratory design
DE: 0830 Teacher training
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
SC: Ocean Sciences [OS]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting