AAAS Forum 2000, Reforming Science and Mathematics Education for Urban Students: Progress and Problems

2000 年美国科学促进会论坛，改革城市学生的科学和数学教育：进展与问题

• 批准号: 9911039
• 负责人: Betty Calinger
• 金额: $ 8.78万
• 依托单位: American Association for the Advancement of Science
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-12-15 至 2000-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9911039&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: AAAS; Forum; 2000; Reforming; Science

The Forum for School Science, "Reforming Science and Mathematics in Urban Schools," will review the positive results of efforts to improve science and mathematics in urban schools. The discussions will move to persistent problems, those difficult issues (outlined in proposal) that urban districts face as they attempt to accomplish true systemwide reform that advances all students. Strategies to deal with these issues will be identified through presentations by individuals currently engaged in system-wide reform programs in urban districts and facilitated discussions among Forum participants. Funding from the NSF will allow AAAS to give 150 educators the opportunity to attend the Forum and AAAS Annual Meeting. This includes travel grants to at least 20 teams from around the U.S. and meeting registration for people in the Washington, DC area. We will encourage those local systems to send teams of educators and community members. Each team or individual applying for a grant must complete an appliation that includes demographic and some statistical information about their district and describes its plan to improve science and mathematics education for all students. The guidelines for the Urban Systemic Program outlined on the NSF web site will inform this part of the application. Each group or individual receiving support must sign a memorandum of understanding with AAAS agreeing to submit a report six months after the meeting that describes progress to achieve the goals outlined in its application or a refinement of the plan and indicates how the information/contacts from the Forum have informed this process. A year after the meeting, districts will submit another progress report that also presents plans/goals for the next year. In addition, AAAS staff will contact a representative from each team at least twice during the year to answer questions, provide information, etc. Team members will be encouraged to contact us at any time.AAAS will also award research grants of $1,050 each to ten districts to chronicle and analyze/reflect on their efforts to bring about change in their system. We will encourage participants to choose only one of the issues discussed at the Forum--professional development, getting all students to learn science and mathematics, partnerships, and restructuring--to center on for their analysis/actionr research. We will provide general guidelines for the research. Teams will apply for the research grants shortly after the Forum. It is important that they have time to consider what topic they would like to pursue and if they have the time and resources to do it. To apply for a research grant, a district team must describe the focus of the research and how it will be carried out. A simple budget should be included. There will be regular contact with AAAS. A paper that details the results of their research will be submitted at the end of the 2000-2001 school year. These paper will be shared with NSF and disseminated on the AAAS web site. We will provide NSF with periodic updates about the progress of teams.

以“城市学校的科学和数学改革”为主题的学校科学论坛将审查改善城市学校科学和数学的积极成果。讨论将转向持续存在的问题，那些困难的问题（在提案中概述），这些问题是城市地区在试图完成真正的全系统改革以促进所有学生时所面临的。处理这些问题的战略将由目前参与城市地区全系统改革方案的个人介绍，并促进论坛与会者之间的讨论。美国国家科学基金会的资助将允许美国科学促进会为150名教育工作者提供参加论坛和美国科学促进会年会的机会。这包括向来自美国各地的至少20个团队提供旅行补助，并为华盛顿特区的人员提供会议登记。我们将鼓励这些地方系统派遣教育工作者和社区成员组成的团队。每个申请奖助金的团队或个人必须完成一份申请表，其中包括他们所在地区的人口统计和一些统计信息，并描述其为所有学生改善科学和数学教育的计划。美国国家科学基金会网站上概述的城市系统计划指南将为申请的这一部分提供信息。每个接受支持的团体或个人必须与美国科学促进会签署一份谅解备忘录，同意在会议结束六个月后提交一份报告，描述实现其申请中概述的目标的进展情况或对计划的改进，并说明论坛的信息/联系人如何为这一过程提供信息。会议一年后，地区将提交另一份进度报告，其中也包含下一年的计划/目标。此外，美国科学促进会的工作人员将在一年内至少两次联系每个团队的代表，以回答问题，提供信息等。我们鼓励团队成员随时与我们联系。美国科学促进会还将向10个地区提供1050美元的研究资助，以记录和分析/反思他们为改变其系统所做的努力。我们将鼓励与会者在论坛讨论的问题中只选择一个作为他们分析/行动研究的重点——专业发展、让所有学生学习科学和数学、伙伴关系和重组。我们将为研究提供一般指导方针。参赛队伍将于论坛结束后不久申请研究资助。重要的是，他们有时间考虑他们想要追求的主题，如果他们有时间和资源去做。要申请研究奖助金，地区团队必须描述研究的重点以及将如何进行。应该包括一个简单的预算。我们会定期与美国科学促进会联系。他们将在2000-2001学年结束时提交一份详细说明研究结果的论文。这些论文将与美国国家科学基金会共享，并在美国科学促进会网站上发布。我们将向NSF提供关于团队进展的定期更新。