Science Education and Rural Settings: Understanding Access to and Engagement in the Rural Systemic Initiatives

这项研究将侧重于农村系统倡议计划，以汇编当前的理解，并确定对目前在农村环境中工作的人具有重要意义的新问题、资源和战略。这项探索性研究将包括：1)对大型数据库的内容和使用进行调查和分析；2)采访致力于改善农村地区科学教育的教育工作者、研究人员和改革者；以及3)召开主要利益攸关方会议，重点分享对地区获得和参与农村改革的理解以及数据收集和分析的成功战略。

This study will focus on the Rural Systemic Initiatives Program to compile current understandings and identify new issues, resource and strategies of importance to those currently working in rural settings. This exploratory research will involve: 1)an investigation and analysis of the content and use of large-scale databases; 2)interviews with educators, researchers, and reformers working to improve science education in rural settings; and 3)a meeting of key stakeholders to focus on sharing understandings about districts' access to and engagement in the rural reform and successful strategies for data collection and analysis.