Project I.D.: Instrument Development for Exploring the Professional Growth Continuum

“项目识别”是对职业科学教师的关键经验的识别，这些经验促进了他们在教师专业连续体上的进步。该项目的目标是开发一种工具，告知研究人员专业发展机会，成功的、被授权的科学教师回忆说，这些机会影响了他们的教学和他们的整体专业意识。该项目采用了一种方法，即教师在讲述他们的赋权故事时绘制行为随时间变化（BOT）图表。一项对15名教师的早期研究确定了教师职业生涯中专业成长的三个不同阶段。“项目id”在第一年继续这项调查，由50名教师组成的新小组，其中一半来自德克萨斯州卓越科学教学区域合作组织。剩下的教师大致相当于全州理科教师的构成。在第二年，50名教师在每个10名教师的小型区域焦点小组中会面。这些焦点小组确定关键的职业经历，并协助早期制定工具。该项目正在设计一种仪器，通过使用技术更有效地收集类似数据。在第二年，该项目将对一组50名教师使用该仪器，然后再对一组250多名教师使用该仪器。在第三年，该项目将向更大的教师群体管理该仪器。

"Project I.D." is identifying pivotal experiences of career science teachers that have promoted their advancement along the teacher professional continuum. The goal of the project is to develop an instrument that informs researchers about professional development opportunities that successful, empowered science teachers recall as having impacted their teaching and their overall sense of professionalism. The project is using a methodology in which teachers draw behavior over time (BOT) graphs while telling their stories of empowerment. An earlier study of 15 teachers identified three distinct phases of professional growth during the careers of teachers. "Project I.D." continues this investigation during year one with a new group of 50 teachers, half of which are drawn from the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching. The remaining teachers roughly approximate the makeup of science teachers statewide. During year two the 50 teachers meet in small regional focus groups of ten teachers each. These focus groups identify pivotal career experiences and assist in the early development of an instrument. The project is designing an instrument that collects similar data more efficiently through the use of technology. During year two, the project is administering this instrument to a group of 50 teachers and then to a larger group of teachers (250+). In year three, the project is administering the instrument to still larger groups of teachers.