Center for Learning and Teaching with a Focus on Research for Developing Instructional Materials in Science

美国科学促进会（AAAS）通过其教育改革倡议“2061计划”，将与西北大学、密歇根大学和密歇根州立大学合作，创建一个学习与教学中心，重点研究与改进K-12科学课程材料有关的问题。这个新的科学教材中心将服务于帮助所有学生实现科学素养的关键国家需求。它将有助于培养在分析课程材料及其发展、评价和执行方面具有专门知识的新一代领导。新中心将集中于三个主要目标：1)在博士和博士后层面建立国家教材开发基础设施；2)为科学教师和其他专业人员提供相关的在职和/或职前培训；(3)对最高层次的科学教材相关问题进行研究。本项目计划招收30名博士研究生（其中大部分将获得三年资助），并支持另外30名博士后的专业发展。该专业发展计划将影响400名科学教师，并将促进其他30名教师的专业发展，培训他们成为教师领袖。

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), through its education reform initiative Project 2061, will partner with Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, and Michigan State University to create a Center for Learning and Teaching that focuses on research and development issues related to improving curriculum materials for K-12 science. This new Center for Instructional Materials in Science will serve a critical national need to help all students achieve science literacy. It will help to foster a new generation of leadership with specific expertise in the analysis of curriculum materials and in their development, evaluation and implementation. The new Center will focus on three main goals: 1) to develop the national instructional materials development infrastructure at the doctoral and postdoctoral level; 2) to provide relevant inservice and/or preservice training to science teachers and other professionals; and 3) to conduct research on questions related to instructional materials for science at the highest level. The project plans to enroll 30 Ph. D. students (most of whom will be supported for three years under this award) and support the professional development of an additional 30 postdoctoral students. The professional development program will impact 400 science teachers and will foster the professional development of 30 other teachers, training them to become teacher leaders.