Workshops on Inquiry-Based Laboratory Teaching Methods Through the CfAO Professional Development Program, Winter 2009

专业发展计划(PDP)旨在为理工科研究生设计和教授探究式实验模块做准备。PDP由Lisa Hunter博士(夏威夷大学)领导，包括研讨会和随后的实践教学体验，通常是在大学一级。除了教学培训外，该计划的一个主要成果是由PDP参与者开发和教授创新的、以探究为基础的实验室单元。通过PDP开发的实验室单元在夏威夷大学课程和项目中非常成功，是最近启动的Akamai劳动力倡议(AWI)的重要组成部分，该倡议包括为毛伊岛社区学院的一个新的电光项目开发课程。该奖项将在一定程度上支持在PDP内举办的研讨会，并将确保夏威夷的研究生参与者加入该计划，保持由NSF自适应光学中心建立的势头和教育伙伴关系，目前正被转移到由夏威夷大学天文研究所管理的AWI。PDP是专门为培养下一代科学家和工程师而设计的，以一种让所有背景的学生参与科学过程和实践的方式授课。研究和教育的结合是PDP的重要组成部分。PDP中包括关于解决课堂多样性和公平性问题的会议。所有PDP参与者都需要考虑如何让所有学生参与到他们的教学中来。除了全面关注多样性和扩大参与的方法外，这项工作还将对毛伊岛社区产生重大影响。PDP参与者将在课程和计划中任教，其中包括大量的夏威夷原住民、太平洋岛民和其他代表性不足的群体。

The Professional Development Program (PDP) is designed to prepare science and engineering graduate students for designing and teaching inquiry-based laboratory modules. Led by Dr. Lisa Hunter (University of Hawaii), the PDP includes workshops followed by a practical teaching experience, usually at the college level. In addition to training for teaching, a major outcome of the program is the innovative, inquiry-based laboratory units developed and taught by PDP participants. Laboratory units developed through the PDP have been very successful in Hawaii college courses and programs, and are an essential element of the recently launched Akamai Workforce Initiative (AWI), which includes curriculum development for a new electro-optics program at Maui Community College. This award will support, in part, the workshops held within the PDP and will ensure the inclusion of Hawaii-based graduate student participants in the program, maintaining the momentum and educational partnerships established by the NSF Center for Adaptive Optics, and now being transferred to AWI, managed by the University of Hawaii, Institute for Astronomy. The PDP is specifically designed to train the next generation of scientists and engineers to teach in a way that engages students from all backgrounds in the processes and practices of science. The integration of research and education is an essential part of the PDP. Included within PDP are sessions on addressing diversity and equity in the classroom. All PDP participants are required to consider how they will engage all students in their teaching. In addition to the overall focus on diversity and methods for broadening participation, this work will have a significant impact on the Maui community. PDP participants will teach in courses and programs that include significant numbers of Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, and other underrepresented groups.