STEM Alternative Certification for Teachers Conference (STEM ACT); Washington, D.C., 2006

STEM教育研究所和马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校教育学院将于2006年春末在华盛顿特区举办一次会议，探讨STEM教师替代认证的相关问题。会议的参与者将包括STEM教师、科学教师、教育工作者、管理人员、政策制定者和从业者。本次会议的目标是：(1)探索关于替代认证计划的现有知识，以及它们如何与当前的教学研究相结合；(2)提出了该领域未来研究的议程。会议可交付成果将包括(1)决策者执行摘要；(2)评审最佳做法的文件；(3)为教育研究人员和资助机构提出的研究议程。

The STEM Education Institute and the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst would host a conference in the Washington, DC area in the late spring of 2006 to explore issues related to the alternate certification of STEM teachers. Conference participants would include STEM faculty, science teacher educators, administrators, policy makers and practitioners. The goals of this proposed gathering are: (1) to explore current knowledge about alternate certification programs and how they might incorporate current research on teaching and learning; and (2) to develop an agenda for future research in this area. The conference deliverables will include (1) an executive summary for decision makers; (2) a document reviewing best practices; and (3) a proposed research agenda for education researchers and funding agencies.