Staff Development Policy in Mathematics and Science Education: An Agenda for Change

这个探索性的研究项目将研究一个 改变标准做法的重大国家倡议 在美国的员工发展。 当前的改革运动 呼吁教师为学校承担新责任 决策和教学领导，然后举行 对学生的成绩负责。 因此，我们的教师必须， 为他们提供机会，增进他们对 主题事项，并建立学院网络，以支持 他们的努力。 向这种新的工作人员发展观的转变 这将需要在政策、实践和公共服务方面进行大规模的变革。 意见 作为第一步，这项研究将解决一些问题， 关于支配地位的性质和程度的未回答的问题 工作人员发展的范式和关于利益和 个人或组织的承诺，其注意力集中在 工作人员的发展问题是今后工作的一个必要组成部分， 成功 这项研究应该有两个重要的结果：1）它将 提供了一个更准确的图片的尺寸， 围绕资金、组织和交付的问题 数学和科学的工作人员发展，2）它将导致 加强对与发展有关的问题的了解和投入 美国员工发展的改革。

This exploratory research project will study the feasibility of a major national initiative to change the standard practice of staff development in the United States. Current reform movements call for teachers to take on new responsibilities for school decision making and instructional leadership and then to be held accountable for student outcomes. Our teachers must, therefore, be provided with opportunities to advance their understanding of subject matter and to build collegial networks in support of their efforts. A shift to this new view of staff development will require broadscale changes in policy, practice, and public opinion. As a first step, this study will address a number of unanswered questions about the nature and extent of the dominant paradigm of staff development and about the interest and commitment of individuals or organizations whose attention to the issues of staff development is a necessary ingredient for future success. The study should have two important results: 1) It will provide a much more accurate picture of the dimensions of the problems surrounding the funding, organization, and delivery of staff development in mathematics and science, and 2) It will lead to greater understanding of and investment in the issues related to the reform of staff development in the United States.