Adapting Effective 0utreach and Workshop Practices to Improve Community College Economics Instruction

采用有效的零宣传和研讨会实践来改进社区大学经济学教学

• 批准号: 1043245
• 负责人: Mark Maier
• 金额: $ 16.82万
• 依托单位: Glendale Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-12-15 至 2013-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1043245&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Adapting; Effective; 0utreach; Workshop; Practices

Economics (82)This project is diffusing proven effective teaching practices in economics to community college economics instructors. The goal is improved instruction for community college students, achieved through increased participation by community college instructors in two existing NSF programs for faculty development that have proven to be effective: Teaching and Learning Economics (DUE 0817382) and the Teaching Innovations Program (DUE 0338482). These programs are based on learning theory research and currently provide a total of 36 pedagogic modules, all of which use insights about the ways that students develop expert-like economics thinking. In the first year, alternative choices for outreach and faculty development in the community college sector are being assessed, building on a survey that identifies relevant characteristics of community college economics instructors in four diverse community college environments. Using this knowledge, a planning workshop is planned to bring together economic educators in community colleges with experts from other STEM disciplines that have already developed programs for improved community college instruction. In year two, the relative effectiveness of different workshop modalities is to be tested. These include: a traveling workshop, online workshops, and regional workshops. By design, the Science Education Resource Center (SERC) has agreed to sustain the resulting community of effective two-year college instructors in economics. A participant survey, conducted several months after the workshops, will assess the project's effectiveness. The project includes plans for ongoing formative assessment by an advisory board and summative assessment by an external evaluator.

经济学（82）这个项目是传播行之有效的经济学教学实践社区大学经济学教师。我们的目标是改善社区大学学生的教学，通过增加社区大学教师参与两个现有的NSF教师发展计划，已被证明是有效的：教学和学习经济学（DUE 0817382）和教学创新计划（DUE 0338482）。这些课程以学习理论研究为基础，目前共提供36个教学模块，所有这些模块都使用了关于学生发展专家式经济学思维方式的见解。 在第一年，社区学院部门的外联和教师发展的替代选择正在评估，建立在一项调查，确定在四个不同的社区学院环境中社区学院经济学教师的相关特征。 利用这些知识，计划举办一个规划研讨会，将社区学院的经济教育工作者与其他STEM学科的专家聚集在一起，这些学科已经制定了改善社区学院教学的计划。 在第二年，将测试不同讲习班模式的相对有效性。其中包括：巡回研讨会，在线研讨会和区域研讨会。通过设计，科学教育资源中心（SERC）已同意维持由此产生的有效的两年制经济学大学教师社区。 在讲习班结束几个月后，将对参与者进行调查，以评估该项目的成效。 该项目包括由咨询委员会进行持续形成性评估和由外部评估员进行总结性评估的计划。