Motivations of educators for participating in an authentic astronomy research experience professional development program
Motivations of educators for participating in an authentic astronomy research experience professional development program
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教育工作者参与真实天文学研究体验专业发展计划的动机
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发表时间：
2018
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
G. Squires
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作者：
L. Rebull;T. Roberts;W. Laurence;M. Fitzgerald;D. French;V. Gorjian;G. Squires
[This论文是天文学教育研究重点收藏的一部分。美国宇航局/IPAC教师档案研究计划（NITARP）与一名研究天文学家合作开展为期一年的真实研究项目。该计划与高质量的专业发展（PD）计划的特点非常一致，自2005年以来，共与103名教育工作者合作。在本文中，调查是从74个不同的教育工作者获得的，在13个月的过程中，在多达四个航点，从类2010年到类2017年的数据。本文探讨了参与教师如何描述他们参与NITARP的动机，证明在这些反馈表。自我报告的数据分析允许映射到一个连续的范围内，从更向内集中到更向外集中;有一个转变，从更向内集中的反应，更向外集中的反应。这种对教师动机的洞察对教育工作者在他们的一年中如何获得支持有影响。这项工作提供了一种新的方式参数化为什么教育工作者参与PD计划，需要相当大的时间投资。NITARP，因为它有成功的PD的许多品质，作为其他STEM科目的类似PD计划的模型。同样，分析方法也可能是有用的，类似地评估其他PD程序。
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] The NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP) partners small groups of educators with a research astronomer for a year-long authentic research project. This program aligns well with the characteristics of high-quality professional development (PD) programs and has worked with a total of 103 educators since 2005. In this paper, surveys were explored that were obtained from 74 different educators, at up to four waypoints during the course of 13 months, incorporating data from the class of 2010 through the class of 2017. This paper investigates how participating teachers describe their motivations for participating in NITARP as evidenced in these feedback forms. Analysis of self-reported data allows a mapping onto a continuum ranging from more inward focused to more outward focused; there is a shift from more inward-focused responses to more outward-focused responses. This insight into teacher motivations has implications for how the educators might be supported during their year with the program. This work provides a new way of parametrizing why educators participate in PD programs that require a considerable investment of time. NITARP, since it has many qualities of successful PD, serves as a model for similar PD programs in other STEM subjects. Likewise, the analysis method might also be useful to similarly evaluate other PD programs.