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

数学和科学教育中的教职员工发展政策：变革议程

• 批准号: 9053599
• 负责人: Brian Lord
• 金额: $ 2.48万
• 依托单位: Education Development Center
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1990
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1990-04-01 至 1992-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9053599&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Staff; Development; Policy; Mathematics; Science

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.

该探索性研究项目将研究一项旨在改变美国员工发展标准做法的重大国家举措的可行性。 当前的改革运动要求教师承担学校决策和教学领导的新职责，并对学生的成绩负责。 因此，我们的教师必须有机会增进对学科的理解并建立大学网络以支持他们的努力。 转变到这种关于员工发展的新观点将需要政策、实践和公众舆论的广泛改变。 作为第一步，本研究将解决一些尚未解答的问题，这些问题涉及工作人员发展主导范式的性质和范围，以及个人或组织的兴趣和承诺，这些个人或组织对工作人员发展问题的关注是未来成功的必要因素。 这项研究应该有两个重要结果：1）它将更准确地描述围绕数学和科学人员发展的资金、组织和实施的问题的各个方面，2）它将导致对与美国人员发展改革相关的问题有更多的理解和投资。