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

经济学(82)这个项目正在向社区大学的经济学教师传播被证明有效的经济学教学实践。目标是改善对社区大学学生的教学，通过社区大学教师更多地参与两个已被证明有效的现有国家科学基金会教师发展计划来实现：教学和学习经济学(截止日期0817382)和教学创新计划(截止日期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对学生发展专家式经济学思维方式的见解。在第一年，正在评估社区学院部门外展和教师发展的替代选择，这是基于一项调查，该调查确定了四个不同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，计划举办一次规划研讨会，将社区大学的经济教育工作者与来自其他STEM学科的专家聚集在一起，这些学科已经制定了改善社区大学教学的计划。在第二年，将对不同讲习班模式的相对有效性进行测试。其中包括：巡回研讨会、在线研讨会和区域研讨会。根据设计，科学教育资源中心(SERC)同意支持由此产生的有效的两年制大学经济学教师社区。讲习班结束几个月后进行的参与者调查将评估该项目的成效。该项目包括由咨询委员会进行持续的形成性评估和由外部评估员进行总结性评估的计划。

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.