Workshop on Improving Education in the Social, Behavorial, and Economic Sciences: A National Dialogue, June 12-13, 2003

该奖项提供资金，使美国教育研究协会能够向社会，行为和经济科学理事会（SBE）提供科学和技术援助，以支持理事会制定有关社会和行为科学教育改进和人力资源开发的行动计划的目标。这项工作的目标是协助美国国家科学基金会规划和实施一个国家研讨会，主持该研讨会，使美国国家科学基金会能够接受外部科学界的建议，并准备一份报告给理事会。该报告将以行动计划和建议的形式提供给基金会，用于评估需求、确定优先事项、采取具体步骤来推进这些科学领域的知识，并确保有足够的研究人员人才库来应对社会和行为科学领域的挑战。人们越来越认识到，在解决我们作为一个国家所面临的最重大挑战的“科学家族”中，SBE科学的价值和作用。随着对我们知识的需求和需求的增加，我们必须投资，确保人才库和人力资源都足够，并准备好承担这项重要的工作。国家科学基金会开发了一个新的优先领域，即人类和社会动力学，以满足这些需求。预计本次研讨会将有助于推进这一倡议。

This award provides funds to enable the American Educational Research Association to provide scientific and technical assistance to the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) in support of the Directorate's objective to develop a plan of action regarding educational improvement and human resource development in the social and behavioral sciences. The objective of the work is to assist the National Science Foundation in the planning and implementation of a National Workshop, to chair that Workshop to allow NSF to receive the advice of the external scientific community, and to prepare a report to the Directorate. The report will be in the form of a plan of action and recommendation that can be used by the Foundation in assessing needs, setting priorities, and arriving at concrete steps to advance knowledge in these sciences and ensure an adequate talent pool of researchers to meet the challenges in social and behavioral science fields.There has been increasing recognition of the value and role of the SBE sciences in the "family of science" for addressing the most significant challenges that we face as a nation. As need and demand for our knowledge increases, we must invest in ensuring that the talent pool and human capacity are both sufficient and prepared to undertake this important work. NSF has developed a new priority area on Human and Social Dynamics to address these needs. It is anticipated that this workshop will help advance this initiative.