ComPADRE Pathway for Physics and Astronomy Education

该项目建立在美国国家科学基金会奖0226129号“COMPADRE：教育中的物理和天文数字资源社区”所建立的基础之上。国家科学发展研究计划的“路径”项目与国家科学数字图书馆(http://nsdl.org))的核心集成活动密切协调，以便代表国家科学发展研究中心为广大学习者所需的教育内容和/或服务承担管理角色。Compadre Path(http://www.compadre.org)，)作为NSDL中物理和天文学资源的管理员，通过提供加强网络上的物理和天文学教育所需的内容和服务，为教师和学习者提供支持。Compadre是一个基于网络的内容收集网络，服务于特定的物理和天文学社区，包括高中或大学入门课程的教师、本科生物理和天文学专业的教师、物理教育研究人员、少数族裔物理学家协会、高级课程的教师和学生以及终身学习者。这些由社区和为社区构建的集合提供了指向Web上可用的高质量学习资源的链接，并托管了原本不会在Web上具有可靠存在的资源。这些集合中的资源在可用之前由编辑批准，专门针对每个社区进行组织，并对某些集合进行正式的同行审查。除了内容之外，这些收藏还提供了工具，允许社区成员交流、共享资源和相互学习。美国物理教师协会(AAPT)、美国天文学会(AAS)、美国物理学会(APS)和物理学生协会(SPS)正在合作这个项目，这是他们促进和维持物理、天文学和科学教育的使命的一部分。这些学会正在将这一项目与他们的其他教育、指导和推广工作联系起来。该奖项的联合资金由NSF数学和物理科学局(MPS)的多学科活动办公室提供，以确认该项目对促进物理学和天文学研究和教育的整合的价值。

This project builds on the foundation established by NSF Award No. 0226129, "ComPADRE: Communities for Physics and Astronomy Digital Resources in Education."The NSDL program's "Pathways" projects closely coordinate their work with the Core Integration activity in the National Science Digital Library (http://nsdl.org) so as to assume a stewardship role on behalf of NSDL for the educational content and/or the services needed by a broad community of learners. The ComPADRE Pathway (http://www.compadre.org), as a steward for physics and astronomy resources in the NSDL, supports teachers and learners by providing both the content and services needed to enhance physics and astronomy education on the Web. ComPADRE is a network of Web-based content collections serving specific communities in physics and astronomy, including teachers of introductory courses at the high school or college levels, undergraduate physics and astronomy majors, researchers in physics education, societies of minority physicists, teachers and students in upper-level courses, and life-long learners. These collections, built by and for the communities, provide links to high-quality learning resources available on the Web and host resources that would not otherwise have a reliable Web presence. Resources in the collections are approved by editors before becoming available, are organized specifically for each community, and undergo a formal peer review process for some collections. Beyond content, these collections also provide tools that allow the community members to communicate, share resources, and learn from each other.The American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), American Astronomical Society (AAS), American Physical Society (APS), and Society of Physics Students (SPS) are collaborating in this project as part of their mission to promote and sustain physics and astronomy and science education. The societies are connecting this project with their other education, mentoring, and outreach efforts.Co-funding for this award is being provided by the Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in NSF's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS), in recognition of the value of this project for promoting the integration of research and education in physics and astronomy.