I-Corps L: Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER)

投资于改善STEM学生成绩的教育工作者或管理人员一直在寻找经过验证的、以证据为基础的、值得他们投入时间和投资的可靠来源。他们意识到教学的进步，并愿意做必要的工作来实施创新做法。然而，在许多机构，金融环境和缺乏专业发展资金证明，需要成本较低但质量较高的经验和材料。对于那些没有支持的人，或者必须带着有限的津贴参加纪律会议的人，网络研讨会和电子友好型出版物特别提供了无障碍的选择，以支持他们自己的专业发展。这包括全职教员和越来越多的兼职人员。该提案通过利用新的技术平台来扩大经过验证的战略的好处，以促进更广泛的采用，增加公平的准入，并促进计划的可用性。广泛提供的交互式网络研讨会为时间或资金有限的人提供了以合理的费用与来自全国各地的专家联系的机会，并就特定的需要主题进行交流。自2001年以来，新公民参与和责任科学教育(SENCER)项目和国家科学和公民参与中心开发和传播了一系列支持改进正式和非正式科学教育的教育产品和专业发展方案，包括50多个课程模式、“背景调查”论文、同行评议文章、住宿和非住宿机构和讲习班，和一个标志性的评估工具(Sencer SALG-学生学习收获评估)。目前，所有出版物都已数字化、加标签和可搜索，并包括在网络访问的“数字图书馆”中。在该项目的最新迭代中，新产品正在开发中，包括一系列网络研讨会、一系列针对教职员工和管理人员的研讨会、一本Sencer手册以及名为“实践珍珠”的课程模块。该团队认为，这些产品中有几个具有商业潜力，无论是作为付费会员的好处，还是作为个人下载和销售。

Educators or administrators invested in improving student outcomes in STEM, are constantly looking for proven, evidence-based, trusted sources worthy of their time and investment. They are aware of pedagogical advancements and are willing to do the work necessary to implement innovative practices. However, at many institutions, the financial climate and lack of professional development funding evidences the need for lower cost, yet high quality experiences and materials. For those who have no support, or must attend a disciplinary meeting instead with their limited allowance, webinars and e-friendly publications specifically provide accessible options to support their own professional development. This includes full-time faculty and the growing number of adjuncts. This proposal extends the benefits of a proven strategy by utilizing new technological platforms to promote broader adoption, increase equitable access, and promote program availability. Widely available and interactive webinars provide people with limited time or funds the opportunity to connect with experts from around the country for a reasonable cost and on a specific topic of need. Expanded applications of the proposed approach (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) will lead to an exponentially larger number of students with strong scientific and quantitative literacy and more practitioners aware of an approach that responds to the challenges they face daily.Since 2001 the Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER) project and the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement has developed and disseminated a range of educational products and professional development programs that support the improvement of formal and informal science education, including over 50 course models, "backgrounder" essays, peer-reviewed articles, residential and non-residential institutes and workshops, and a signature assessment tool (the SENCER SALG-Student Assessment of Learning Gains). All publications are currently digitized, tagged and searchable, and included in a web-accessed "digital library." In the project's most recent iteration new products are in development, including a webinar series, a series of workshops for faculty and administrators, a SENCER handbook, and course modules called "pearls of practice." This team believes that several of these products have commercial potential, either as benefits of a paid membership, and/or for individual download and sale.