St. Louis Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching & Learning

圣路易斯科学教学和学习探究中心（CISTL）将重点放在科学教学和学习的研究上，重点关注专业发展和支持，将基于探究的教学和学习纳入正式和非正式环境中的K-12科学教育。 参加这项工作的有三个非正式科学机构、两所大学、五个学区、一个社区学院系统和科学技术中心协会。 CISTL将解决科学教育工作者的全部问题-那些进入该领域的人，那些在该领域工作的人，以及那些从一个专业领域转向另一个专业领域的人。 他们的研究议程侧重于不同类型的合作对专业发展的影响以及合作者之间的界面（教育和科学;正式和非正式）。 将为教师和其他科学教育工作者开发一个诊断工具，用于评估科学和探究背景的长处和短处。 此外，该项目将通过基于实践的研究、基于研究的实践以及将结果转化为对教育工作者的实际建议，在研究与实践之间产生协同作用。

The St. Louis Center for Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning (CISTL) combines a focus on research into science teaching and learning with a focus on professional development and support needed to bring inquiry-based teaching and learning into K-12 science education in both formal and informal settings. Joining together in this effort are three informal science institutions, two universities, five school districts, one community college system and the Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC). CISTL will address the full continuum of science educators -- those entering the field, those in the field and those retooling from one area of expertise to another. Their research agenda focuses on the effect of varying types of collaboration on professional development and the interfaces among the collaborators (education and scientific; formal and informal). A diagnostic tool for assessing strengths and weaknesses in science and inquiry backgrounds will be developed for teachers and other science educators. In addition, the project will create a synergy between research and practice through research based in practice, practice based on research and the translation of results into practical suggestions for educators.