Capacity Building Conference Series: Supporting an Emerging Community of Science Education Researchers

在两次成功的地区会议之后，该项目利用资金支付与会者参加两次全国会议的费用，这两次会议的重点是支持初期的科学教育研究项目。该项目的主要目标是为研究人员，特别是那些被认为是该领域新星的研究人员提供途径，可以描述他们的调查路线，然后获得有关完善这些野心的指导和投入。另一个主要目标是促进创新的会议设计，其中结构化的演示格式作为学术工作的孵化器。NSF的赞助是至关重要的，因为这将使更多的人参与到这个项目中来，而不是以其他方式负担得起。会议的产品包括一个电子会议记录，它将被张贴在会议网站（www.sciedxroads.org）上，以及一本书（根据合同）记录会议的范围和成功。此外，与会的有前途的学者将撰写研究论文，向更广泛的受众传播和出版。最终，这个项目支持科学教育研究的发展，即使它为专业会议提出了一个新的愿景。因此，将进行更多的校本研究，将产生更多的政策形成文件，并将更加重视提高所有学生科学学习机会的质量。

Following on the heels of two successful regional conferences, this project uses funds tocover participants' costs to attend two national conferences which focus upon supportingincipient science education research projects. A primary objective of this project is to provide avenue in which researchers, especially those considered rising stars in the field, can describetheir lines of inquiry and to then receive guidance and input about refining those ambitions. Theother primary objective is to promote an innovative conference design in which a structuredpresentation format serves as an incubator for scholarly work. Underwriting by NSF is crucialbecause it will allow wider participation in this project than would otherwise be affordable.Products of the conference include an electronic proceedings that will be posted to theconference website (www.sciedxroads.org) as well as a book (under contract) documenting thescope and successes of the conference. In addition, the promising scholars attending willgenerate research papers to be disseminated and published for a wider audience. Ultimately, thisproject supports developments within science education research even as it advances a freshvision for professional conferences. As a result, more school-based research will be conducted,more policy-shaping documents will be generated, and more emphasis will be made uponincreasing the quality of science learning opportunities for all students.