Mathematics For Tomorrow

这个为期4年的项目，涉及大波士顿地区的80名K-8教师，有三个基本目标：(1)改变教师对数学教与学的本质的信念；(2)加深和拓宽教师对数学本身的知识；以及(3)利用(1)和(2)，将全新的教学实践引入课堂。在第一阶段(第一年和第二年)，三个参与区分别派出一个由8名教师组成的团队参加该项目，并--为了帮助确保全区范围内的系统性变化--还包括一名校长、一名数学导师和一名副警长。该项目四年中每一年的方案形式都是相似的：为期4周的暑期学院，然后在接下来的学年中每隔一周放学后举行一次“调查小组”(由项目工作人员协助)。第一年的重点是从根本上改变参与的教师的信念和做法；在第二年，同样的教师也改变他们的信念和做法。在第二阶段(第3年和第4年)，该项目开始与EDCO--大波士顿地区的一个学区联盟--合作。第二阶段涉及36名新教师。研究/评估是该计划的一个重要组成部分，旨在相当详细地记录和了解教师在试图彻底改变其专业观点和实践的过程中的历史(外部和内部)。最后，一个传播线旨在开发供其他人使用的教师培训材料，参与者和项目工作人员将在各种专业会议上宣传这些材料。

This 4-year project, involving a total of 80 K-8 teachers in the greater Boston area, has three basic aims: (1) to shift teachers' beliefs about the nature of teaching and learning mathematics; (2) to deepen and broaden the teachers' knowledge of mathematics itself; and (3) by capitalizing on (1) and (2), to introduce fundamentally new instructional practices into the classroom. In Phase I (Years 1 and 2), the 3 participating districts each send a team of 8 teachers to the program, and--to help assure district-wide, systemic change-- a principal, a mathematics supervisor and an associate superintendent as well. The format of the program in each of the four years of the project is similar: a 4-week summer institute, followed during the ensuing school year by "inquiry groups" (facilitated by project staff) that meet every other week after school. Year 1 focuses on initiating fundamental changes in the participating teachers' beliefs and practices; in year 2, the same teachers change their beliefs and practices also. In Phase II (Years 3 and 4) the project begins a collaboration with EdCo--a consortium of school districts in the greater Boston Area. Phase II involves 36 new teachers. Research/evaluation is an important component of the program that seeks to document and understand in rather fine detail the histories (external and internal) of the teachers in the process of trying to make radical changes in their professional views and practices. Finally, a dissemination strand aims at developing teachers enhancement materials for use by others, which will be publicized by participants and project staff at a variety of professional meetings.