Collaborative Research: From Dissemination to Adoption: A Study of the Instructional Change Process in Faculty Most Likely to Succeed

物理(13)这个分两个阶段的项目正在指导鼓励在大学物理教学中使用研究型教学策略的努力。该项目正在研究总体上的教学变革过程，确定变革的障碍，并确定变革的承受能力。第一阶段的目标是观察发生变化的过程。一项为期五个学期的纵向研究正在进行中，15名教师参加了NSF支持的物理和天文学新教师研讨会，并表示愿意参与教学改革。这项研究允许检查教学信念和实践的变化，因为它们发生在实际课程设置在较长的一段时间。数据包括每学期开始和结束时进行的教师访谈，整个学期每三周进行一次的教师调查，以及教学手工艺品。在研究的第二阶段，所有在过去五年中参加过新教员研讨会的教职员工都在接受调查。第二组教师为这项研究提供了一系列参与者--从那些刚刚体验过研讨会的人，到那些有大量时间整合和反思他们的研讨会经验并寻求关于教学创新的更多信息的人。第二项研究侧重于测试作为纵向研究结果产生的想法，并由于样本量较大而产生更普遍的结果。

Physics (13)This two-phased project is guiding efforts to encourage the use of research-based teaching strategies in college-level physics instruction. The project is studying the instructional change process in general, identifying barriers to change, and identifying change affordances. The goal of the first phase is to observe the change process as it happens. A five-semester longitudinal study of fifteen faculty who have participated in the NSF-supported Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop and who have indicated a willingness to engage in instructional change is being conducted. This study allows the examination of changes in instructional beliefs and practices as they happen in actual course settings over an extended period of time. Data include faculty interviews conducted at the beginning and end of each semester, surveys of the faculty conducted every three weeks throughout the semester, and teaching artifacts. For the study's second phase, all faculty who have participated in the New Faculty Workshop for the past five years are being surveyed. This second faculty cohort provides the study with a range of participants - from those who have just experienced the workshop to those who have had significant time to incorporate and reflect on their workshop experiences and to seek additional information about instructional innovations. The second study focuses on testing ideas generated as a result of the longitudinal study and on generating more generalized results because of the larger sample size.