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

继两次成功的地区性会议之后，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创的科学教育研究项目。该项目的一个主要目标是提供渠道，让研究人员，特别是那些被认为是该领域的后起之秀的研究人员，能够描述他们的调查路线，然后获得关于完善这些雄心的指导和投入。另一个主要目标是促进一种创新的会议设计，在这种设计中，结构化的演示文稿格式是学术工作的孵化器。由国家科学基金会提供担保是至关重要的，因为这将使人们能够比其他方式更广泛地参与这一项目。会议的产品包括一份电子会议记录，将张贴在会议网站(www.ceredxroads.org)上，以及一本记录会议范围和成功情况的书(按合同)。此外，出席会议的有前途的学者将撰写研究论文，向更广泛的受众传播和发表。归根结底，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，将开展更多的校本研究，生成更多的政策制定文件，并更加重视提高所有学生的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.