Energy: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Teachers (EMAT) Designing and Studying a Multidisciplinary, Online Course for High School Teachers

能量：教师多学科方法（EMAT）项目将迭代设计，开发，现场测试，完善和严格研究一个七单元，促进，在线专业发展（PD）课程，重点是替代能源背景下的能源相关概念。主要观众是高中科学教师，他们在自己认可的领域外教学，为科学领域代表性不足的学生服务。 该项目将调查PD是否会促成教师知识和实践的变化，从而提高学生的成绩。因此，EMAT将提高代表性不足的学生的科学成就，并提高他们未来对科学的参与。 生物科学课程研究和合作伙伴俄勒冈州公共广播，国家教师增强网络，国家可再生能源实验室，五大湖生物能源研究中心，和RMC研究公司带来了重要的资源，并具有很高的资格来开发和研究EMAT。EMAT项目通过合并迄今为止分别研究的PD的两个方面，测试关于这种配对增强学习和实践的程度的假设。这些方面是结构化的建构主义经验和基于情境认知学习理论的经验。教师通过科学内容故事情节和学生思维镜头在课程分析过程中反思基于研究的教学实践。EMAT测试了教师内容知识、教学内容知识、教学实践和学生内容知识的纵向影响，为未来的PD项目提供了急需的数据。 EMAT还研究了在线环境的哪些方面对教师最有效。收集的数据将为课程的全面修订提供信息，并将有助于解决我们对在线PD理解的重大差距。EMAT促进了该领域对在线PD哪些元素有效以及高质量在线PD转化为改善学生学习的程度的理解。同时，该项目开发和测试了一个可扩展的，灵活的资源，以加强教师的学习和实践。因此，EMAT将通过促进基于研究的教学和学习，同时推进发现和理解，产生广泛的影响。此外，通过从有大量教师在外地教学的大城市地区招聘教师参与者，EMAT影响了传统上在科学领域代表性不足的学生。 EMAT不仅有助于PD的研究，而且可用于各种环境。便利指南允许全国各地的学区和教师教育和认证项目免费使用该课程。此外，促进课程将通过国家教师增强网络提供研究生学分，并将免费提供给个人进行独立研究。所有研究和评估的结果将发表在科学教育期刊和教师从业者期刊上，并在会议上提交给PD小组。EMAT将通过影响教师和学生对能源相关概念的理解来造福社会，从而提高美国公民从科学合理的知识基础上创造性地应对能源挑战的能力。

The Energy: A Multidisciplinary Approach for Teachers (EMAT) project will iteratively design, develop, field test, refine, and rigorously study a seven-unit, facilitated, online professional development (PD) course focusing on energy-related concepts in the context of alternative energy. The primary audience is high school science teachers teaching out of their field of endorsement and serving students underrepresented in the sciences. The project will investigate whether the PD will precipitate changes in teacher knowledge and practice that result in higher student achievement. As a result, EMAT will improve the science achievement of underrepresented students and enhance their future participation in science. Biological Sciences Curriculum Study and partners Oregon Public Broadcasting, the National Teacher Enhancement Network, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, and RMC Research Corporation bring significant resources and are highly qualified to develop and research EMAT.The EMAT project advances knowledge in the field of teacher professional development by merging two facets of PD that have hitherto been studied separately and testing hypotheses about the degree to which this pairing enhances learning and practice. These facets are structured constructivist experiences and experiences grounded in situated cognition learning theory. Teachers reflect on research-based teaching practices in the lesson analysis process through Science Content Storyline and Student Thinking lenses. EMAT tests longitudinal impacts on teachers' content knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and teaching practices and students' content knowledge, contributing much needed data for future PD projects. EMAT also studies which aspects of online environments are most effective for teachers. Data collected will inform full revisions of the course and will help address significant gaps in our understanding of online PD.EMAT advances the field's understanding of which elements of online PD are effective and the extent to which high-quality online PD translates to improved student learning. Simultaneously, the project develops and tests a scalable, flexible resource to enhance teacher learning and practice. As a result, EMAT will have a broad impact by promoting research-based teaching and learning while advancing discovery and understanding. Furthermore, by targeting the recruitment of teacher participants from large urban districts with high numbers of teachers teaching out of field, EMAT impacts students traditionally underrepresented in the sciences. EMAT will not only contribute to the research on PD, but also will be available for use in diverse settings. A facilitation guide allows the course to be freely used by school districts and teacher education and certification programs across the country. In addition, the facilitated course will be offered for graduate credit through the National Teacher Enhancement Network and will be freely available to individuals for independent study. Results of all research and evaluation will be published in science education journals and practitioner journals for teachers, and presented to PD groups at conferences. EMAT will benefit society by impacting teacher and student understanding of energy-related concepts, thereby increasing the capacity of U.S. citizens to creatively address energy challenges from a foundation of scientifically sound knowledge.