Planning Grant for the Development of the NIE MOST (MissouriSupporting Teachers) Electronic Support System to Promote Problem-Based Learning Using a Computational Science

小行星9454790 密苏里州支持教师（MOST）项目是一个为期九个月的赠款，以全州利益相关者的财团计划的教育改革和技术创新计划。 该联盟致力于建立一个综合教师支持系统和网络基础设施，以满足教师通过基于问题的学习和计算科学技术实施综合数学和科学课程的需求。 社会变革管理计划项目将通过规划实施以下项目来支持必要的系统变革： (1)一个网络基础设施，它创建了一个教育工作者社区， 社区的知识和经验， (2)一个电子教师支持系统，围绕实践和挑战设计， 教与学，以及 (3)一个由变革推动者组成的联盟，具有统一的愿景和一套通用的工具， 支持教师专业化和学校结构调整。 规划赠款将支持四项主要活动。 首先是扩展和阐明一个强大的模型，基于问题的学习和计算科学正在开发的李的峰会学区，以及从其他项目正在探索和推进这些关键的原则和方法学习。 第二，将为电子教师支持系统和网络基础设施开发初步设计并制作原型，以明确实施和维护的要求。 第三，将扩大和发展利益攸关方联合体，以便为包括所有主要组成部分绘制一条道路。 第四，规划补助金将使我们能够制定和阐明一项战略和战术计划，以便为长期工作提供支持。 以问题为基础的学习为例，要实现有意义的数学和科学学习，就需要对教学过程进行彻底的重新概念化， 教师的发展和支持。 社会变革管理计划（MOST）项目非常适合于建立和测试一个强有力的创新型教师专业化模式，该模式在实践者社区的支持下在实地实施，并得到技术基础设施的支持。 MOST项目利用了（1）密苏里州对为学校和现有MOREnet服务建立网络基础设施的持续承诺，（2）Lee's Summit教师令人兴奋的工作和经验，（3）电子支持系统的研究和开发基础，以及（4）全州主要利益相关者的承诺。

9454790 Laffey The Missouri Supporting Teachers (MOST) project is a nine-month grant to a consortium of statewide stakeholders to plan a program of educational reform and technological innovation. The consortium holds a commitment to an integrated teacher support system and network infrastructure designed around the needs of teachers implementing an integrated math and science curriculum through problem-based learning and computational science techniques. The MOST project will support the needed systemic change by planning the implementation of: (1) a network infrastructure which creates a community of educators and leverages knowledge and experience across the community, (2) an electronic teacher support system designed around the practices and challenges of teaching and learning, and (3) a consortium of change agents with a cohesive vision and a common set of tools for supporting teacher professionalization and school restructuring. The planning grant will support four main activities. The first is to extend and articulate a powerful model of problem-based learning and computational science being developed in the Lee's Summit School District, as well as to learn from other projects which are exploring and advancing these key principles and methods. Second, preliminary designs for the electronic teacher support system and network infrastructure will be developed and prototyped, in order to specify the requirements for implementation and maintenance. Third, the consortium of stakeholders will be extended and elaborated, so that a pathway is drawn for including all major constituents. And fourth, the planning grant will enable the development and articulation of a strategic and tactical plan which can draw support for the long-term efforts. The restructuring of the teaching/learning process to achieve meaningful learning of math and science as exemplified by problem-based learning requires a radical reconceptualization of the way teachers are developed and supported. The MOST project is well situated to build and test a powerful and innovative model of teacher professionalization which is implemented in the field, supported by a community of practitioners, and enabled by a technology infrastructure. The MOST project leverages (1) Missouri's continuing commitment to building a network infrastructure for schools and the existing MOREnet services, (2) the exciting work and experience of teachers in Lee's Summit, (3) a base of research and development in electronic support systems, and (4) the commitment of key statewide stakeholders.