Teachers' Domain Pathways to Science: Rich-Media Sources for K-12 Teachers

WGBH教育基金会正在扩大其教师领域倡议，以包括一套综合的数字路径，以促进、指导和支持K-12教师在课堂和专业发展中有效使用富媒体科学资源。针对K-12科学课程(生命科学、物理科学和地球科学)中的每个核心学科领域，该计划的特点是：1)从国家科学数字图书馆(NSDL)和其他收藏中收集视频、互动和其他富媒体资源；2)调整所有收集的资源，以符合经过验证的教师领域模型，呈现背景信息，如背景论文、教案，以及与国家和州一级标准的关系；3)通过专门为目标受众制作的数字途径提供传播、推广和支持，包括专业发展课程、在线研讨会、课堂视频和CD-ROM演示，以确保在学校广泛传播和知情使用。这一倡议的智力价值在于来自生物科学课程研究(BSCS)、地球系统教育数字图书馆(DLESE)和哈佛-史密森天体物理中心的科学家和科学教育专家的积极参与，以及WGBH已建立的开发充分参与和启发用户的引人注目的教师培训资源的能力。EDC的儿童与技术中心(CCT)正在进行持续的评估，以评估目标受众的需求以及所提供产品和服务的影响。该项目通过NSDL核心整合小组、其政策委员会和常设委员会以及图书馆馆藏和服务的其他开发商开展工作，确保在全国范围内产生广泛和持续的影响。为确保这一管理职能的可持续性，正在开展的其他活动包括探索与公共广播服务及其349个独立成员电台建立伙伴关系。国家科学基金会数学和物理科学局(MPS)的多学科活动办公室和NSF地球科学局的地球科学司正在为这一项目提供大量共同资金，以确认这项工作在推进MPS和地球科学组织更大的教育目标方面的价值。

The WGBH Educational Foundation is expanding its TEACHERS' DOMAIN initiative to include an integrated set of digital pathways to promote, guide, and support the effective use of rich-media science resources by K-12 teachers, both in the classroom and for professional development. Addressing each of the core subject areas in the K-12 science curriculum (Life, Physical, and Earth Sciences), this initiative features: 1) aggregation of video, interactive, and other rich-media resources drawn from across the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and other collections; 2) adaptation of all assembled resources to conform to the validated TEACHERS' DOMAIN model, presenting contextualizing information such as background essays, lesson plans, and correlations to national and state-level standards; and 3)dissemination, outreach, and support provided through digital pathways produced specifically for this target audience, including a professional development course, online workshops, classroom videos, and CD-ROM demonstrations, to assure widespread distribution and informed use in schools.The intellectual merit of this initiative lies in the active participation of scientists and science education experts from the Biological Sciences Curriculum Study (BSCS), the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE), and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and by WGBH's established capacity to develop compelling teacher training resources that fully engage and inspire the user. The Center for Children and Technology (CCT) at EDC is conducting ongoing evaluation to assess needs of target audience as well as impact of products and services provided. The project is ensuring broad and sustained national impact by working through the NSDL Core Integration Team, its Policy Committee and Standing Committees, and other developers of library collections and services. Additional activities underway to assure the sustainability of this stewardship function include the exploration of a partnership with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and its 349 independent member stations. The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) and the Division of Earth Sciences in the NSF Directorate for Geosciences are providing significant co-funding of this project in recognition of the value of this work in advancing the larger educational goals of MPS and GEO.