SPARCT: STEM Professional Academy for Reinvigorating the Culture of Teaching

这项扩大实施和实证改革示范（WIDER）计划拨款为佛罗里达海湾沿岸大学的STEM教师提供循证实践和课程设计方面的培训。通过参与STEM专业学院振兴教学文化（SPARCT），教师们正在学习STEM教学变革的指导原则。智力优势：通过运用罗杰斯的创新扩散理论（一种变革理论），SPARCT正在SPARCT的教师和更大的大学氛围中创造持续的变化。该项目涵盖了所有主要的STEM学科，包括来自文理学院、教育学院和工程学院的教师。SPARCT结合了内容专家和教育专家，正在加强对教学的理解，并成为其他大学的示范项目。对SPARCT教师的培训包括参加为期三周（每天4小时）的STEM暑期学院，随后是为期一年的学术教师学习社区，同伴观察培训，以及参加系列研讨会。当SPARCT教师衡量和评估他们的教学实践的效果时，他们也会评估这个项目。学科和项目的研究结果在整个STEM学习社区传播。更广泛的影响：通过参与至少25%的佛罗里达海湾海岸大学的STEM教师，SPARCT正在创建一个STEM学者社区，重新激活跨学科联系，发展学习线索，并增加大学社区改变教学文化的潜力。SPARCT以STEM入门课程为目标，从而对STEM和非STEM专业的学生招生、留校以及学习产生积极影响。此外，SPARCT正在帮助培养更多的“STEM文化”人口，从而使佛罗里达州西南部的STEM劳动力更强大，更具竞争力。

This Widening Implementation & Demonstration of Evidence-Based Reforms (WIDER) planning grant provides STEM faculty at Florida Gulf Coast University with training in evidence-based practices and course design. By participating in the STEM Professional Academy for Reinvigorating the Culture of Teaching (SPARCT), faculty are learning guiding principles for change in STEM instruction. Intellectual Merit: By applying Rogers' Diffusion of Innovation, a change theory, SPARCT is creating ongoing changes among SPARCT faculty and within the larger university climate. The project encompasses all main STEM disciplines and includes faculty participants from the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, Education, and Engineering. Combining content experts with educational experts, SPARCT is strengthening pedagogical understanding and serving as a model program for other universities. Training for SPARCT faculty includes participation in a three-week (4 hours per day) STEM Summer Academy followed by an academic year-long faculty learning community, training in peer observation, and participation in a seminar series. As SPARCT faculty measure and assess the effects of their teaching practices, they also evaluate the program. Both disciplinary and program findings are disseminated throughout the STEM learning community. Broader Impacts: By involving at least 25% of Florida Gulf Coast University's STEM faculty, SPARCT is creating a community of STEM scholars, reinvigorating interdisciplinary connections, developing learning threads, and increasing the university community's potential to transform the teaching culture. SPARCT targets introductory STEM courses, thereby positively impacting student recruitment, retention, and learning among STEM and non-STEM majors. Moreover, SPARCT is helping to develop a more "STEM-literate" population, therefore enabling a stronger, more competitive STEM workforce in Southwest Florida.