A Proposal to Support the Next Generation of Curriculum Materials in Science, Mathematics and Technology

该项目将建立在以前成功工作的基础上，并：1)探索将其评估材料的标准的适用性扩大到小学一级和更多种类的主题；2)制作一套相互关联的在线教学组成部分数据库--研究摘要、陈述、现象和问题/任务，开发人员可以利用这些数据库创建以K-12目标为基础的教科书和其他材料，侧重于科学、数学和技术方面的重要思想和技能。我们反对的是，这些数据库也将对实习教师(构成在职项目计划的基础)和那些设计服务前课程的人有价值。3)创建一组扩展的概念串地图，描绘学生对重要主题的理解成长，如天气和气候、生物的基本功能、能源节约、电力和磁性；以及4)创建专业发展研讨会计划和演示材料，专门为课程材料开发人员和负责评估和选择教科书的教育工作者设计。此外，该倡议的一个新组成部分将：设计策略和创建材料，以帮助家长、决策者和一般公众了解基本的科学素养。这一构成部分将包括科诺弗米勒集团/全球战略小组，他们将进行民意/市场研究民意调查，并制定战略传播计划。该项目将制作一个定制的网站，将AAAS的资源与其他组织联系起来，如NSTA、NRC和Annenberg/CPB项目，以帮助教师和家长增加对与科学教育有关的重要问题的了解。这一组成部分将鼓励教师和家长更积极地参与他们所在州改善科学教育的努力。

The project will build on prior successful work and:1) Explore extending the applicability of its criteria for evaluating materials to the elementary school level and to a greater variety of topics.2) Produce a set of interrelated on-line databases of instructional components -- research summaries, representations, phenomena and questions/tasks that developers can use to creat K-12 goals-based textbooks and other materials that focus on important ideas and skills in science, mathematics and technology. It is anticpated that these databases will also be valuable to practicing teachers (this component forming the basis for Project inservice programs) and to those designing preservice courses.3) Create an expanded set of conceptual strand maps portraying students' growth of understanding for important topics such as weather and climate, basic functions of living things, energy conservation, and electricity and magnetism; and4) Create professional development workshop plans and presentation materials designed particularly for curriculum materials developers and educators responsible for evaluating and selecting textbooks.In addition, a new component to the initiative will:Design strategies and create materials to help parents, decision-makers, and the public in general to understand basic scientific literacy. This component will include the Conover Miller Group/Global Strategy Group who will conduct public opinion/market research polls and develop a strategic communications plan. The Project will produce a customized website that links the resources of AAAS with other organizations such as the NSTA, NRC and the Annenberg/CPB Project to help teachers and parents increase their understanding of the important issues related to science education. This component will encourage teachers and parents to become more actively involved in their state's efforts to improve science education.