Exploring the Impact of Specialists on Science Learning at the Elementary Level: A Conference to be Held in Boston, Massachusetts, Late Fall 2006

教育发展中心的科学教育中心。(EDC)提出了一个邀请会议，以定义，描述和检查现有的模型使用小学科学专家;探讨影响科学专家的使用教育，政策和财政问题;最重要的是，制定一个研究议程，以评估质量和有效性的专家管理的小学科学课程对学生的成果。 关于科学专家的作用和影响的现有文献是有限的。 现有的主要集中在对各种模型的描述和对它们的相对优点的争论上。 虽然许多学区采用不同的模式来使用科学专家作为他们的小学科学计划的一部分，目前几乎没有关于任何这些模式在提高学生的科学学习的有效性。

The Center for Science Education at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC) proposes an invitational conference to define, describe and examine existing models for using elementary science specialists; explore the educational, policy and financial issues that impact the use of science specialists; and most importantly, develop a research agenda to assess the quality and effectiveness of specialist-managed elementary science programs on student outcomes. Existing literature about the role and impact of science specialists is limited. What exists focuses primarily on descriptions of various models and debates about their relative merits. Although many school districts employ different models for using science specialists as a part of their elementary science program, there currently is little about the effectiveness of any of these models in enhancing student science learning.