PLTL National Dissemination: Building a National Network

随着高等教育机构的教师、工作人员和管理人员响应转向以学生为中心的教学法的号召，有必要让他们了解已经取得成功的强大而灵活的课程改革。 该项目旨在为同侪领导小组学习教学战略建立一个全国传播网络。 PLTL是一种教学模式，强调学生通过在同伴主导的研讨会中积极学习来取得成绩。 讲习班被纳入常规课程，并为学生提供一个机会，在训练有素的本科生领导的指导下，参与讲习班讨论和解决问题的活动。在以前的工作中，PLTL研讨会项目已经成功地激发了兴趣，加深了理解，协助实施，并在生物学，化学，数学和物理学领域的PLTL中发展了新的领导力。该项目还建立了伙伴关系，使理科学生能够扩大其职业和专业兴趣，并将教学法引入高中部门。 在该项目的这一阶段，重点是巩固这一非正式网络，并使这一学院充分参与国家传播工作。致力于PLTL的教师网络也将在明确定义的教学模式的背景下进行关于学生学习的研究。该项目的最终目标是动员项目网络，增加参加教师培训计划的同行领导人数，从而在全国范围内建立一个大型的科学和数学专业人才库，这些专业人才可能成为高素质的教师。

As the faculty, staff, and administrators of institutions of higher learning respond to the call to shift to student-centered pedagogy, there is a need to inform them of robust and flexible curriculum reforms that have documented success. This project seeks to create a national dissemination network for the Peer-Lead Team Learning (PLTL) teaching strategy. PLTL is an instructional model that emphasizes student achievement through active learning in a peer-led workshop. The workshops are integrated into regular coursework and provide an opportunity for students to engage in the workshop discussion and problem solving activities under the guidance of a trained undergraduate leader. In prior work, the PLTL Workshop Project has managed to stimulate interest, deepen understanding, assist implementation, and develop new leadership in PLTL in biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics across a wide range of institutions. The project has also built partnerships that enable science students to broaden their career and professional interests and has introduced the pedagogy to the high school sector. In this phase of the project, the emphasis is on consolidating this informal network and engaging this faculty fully in the national dissemination effort. The network of faculty committed to PLTL will also conduct research regarding student learning in the context of a well-defined pedagogical model. A final goal of this project is to mobilize the project network to increase the number of peer-leaders who join a teacher preparation program, thus creating a large nationwide pool of science and mathematics majors who may become highly qualified teachers.