Staff Development Policy in Mathematics and Science Education: An Agenda for Change

这一探索性研究项目将研究一项重大国家倡议的可行性，该倡议旨在改变美国工作人员发展的标准做法。当前的改革运动要求教师在学校决策和教学领导方面承担新的责任，然后对学生的成绩负责。因此，我们的教师必须有机会增进他们对学科内容的理解，并建立支持他们的努力的大学网络。转变到这种新的工作人员发展观将需要在政策、实践和舆论方面进行广泛的改变。作为第一步，这项研究将讨论一些悬而未决的问题，这些问题涉及工作人员发展的主导模式的性质和范围，以及个人或组织对工作人员发展问题的关注是未来成功的必要因素的兴趣和承诺。这项研究应该有两个重要结果：1)它将更准确地描述围绕数学和科学工作人员发展的资金、组织和交付问题的各个方面，2)它将使人们更好地理解和投资与美国工作人员发展改革有关的问题。

This exploratory research project will study the feasibility of a major national initiative to change the standard practice of staff development in the United States. Current reform movements call for teachers to take on new responsibilities for school decision making and instructional leadership and then to be held accountable for student outcomes. Our teachers must, therefore, be provided with opportunities to advance their understanding of subject matter and to build collegial networks in support of their efforts. A shift to this new view of staff development will require broadscale changes in policy, practice, and public opinion. As a first step, this study will address a number of unanswered questions about the nature and extent of the dominant paradigm of staff development and about the interest and commitment of individuals or organizations whose attention to the issues of staff development is a necessary ingredient for future success. The study should have two important results: 1) It will provide a much more accurate picture of the dimensions of the problems surrounding the funding, organization, and delivery of staff development in mathematics and science, and 2) It will lead to greater understanding of and investment in the issues related to the reform of staff development in the United States.