美国研究性大学的“Summer Institute”(简称SI)师资培训是关于高等科学教育教学改革的一个成功范例,它主要是引入高等科学教育的教学新模式——科学探究式教学,通过主动学习、教学评价、差异性教学等对教师进行培训。在专家指导下参加培训的教师亲自参与设计具体的教学材料如教学单元设计框架、评价标准等。从SI项目可以看出美国高等科学教育领域改革注重新教学模式的探索,有着行动“早”、成效“好”的特点。
The teacher training for " Summer Institute" (or SI tor short)in American researcn universities is a successful model in the revolution of higher science education. It mainly brings in a new teaching mode in higher science education, which is called scientific inquiry teaching. SI trains teachers by actively learning, teaching assessment, and differentiating instruction, etc. With the help of experts, teachers who participate in training personally involve in design detailed teaching materials, such as the framework of teachable unit, evaluation criterion, etc. We can draw a conclusion from SI that the revolution in American higher science ed- ucation stresses the exploration about new teaching mode. And SI is " Ahead" in the action, and " High" efficient.