PhysTEC: Building a Solution to the National Physics Teacher Shortage

PhysTEC：构建解决全国物理教师短缺问题的解决方案

基本信息

批准号：
1707990
负责人：
Michael Wittmann
金额：
$ 300万
依托单位：
American Physical Society
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2017
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2017-07-01 至 2023-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1707990&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
PhysTEC Building Solution National Physics

项目摘要

A severe shortage of qualified STEM teachers, necessary to educate and inspire the future technical workforce, undermines our nation's economic competitiveness and its scientific and technological leadership. The situation in physics is particularly alarming: fewer than half of all high school physics classrooms are led by a teacher with a degree in physics, and physics is the number one shortage area for new K-12 teachers. The Physics Teacher Education Coalition (PhysTEC) project vision is that every student will have the opportunity to learn physics from a highly qualified teacher, thus enabling the U.S. to meet the high demand for STEM professionals. Since 2001, PhysTEC, led by the American Physical Society (APS) and the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), has been working to engage physics departments in establishing the educational infrastructure needed to address the national physics teacher shortage. The project developed over 40 model teacher preparation programs that more than doubled their production of highly qualified physics teachers, and these new teachers have high retention rates. These PhysTEC Sites also demonstrated considerable success in sustaining their programs beyond their funded period. To disseminate effective practices and knowledge, the project established a national coalition of more than 300 Member Institutions; these institutions collectively prepare over half of the nation's highly qualified physics teachers. Building on this widespread engagement of the physics community and project knowledge and experience from many successful programs, PhysTEC will pursue three interrelated goals toward building a solution to the national physics teacher shortage. The project will: (1) directly engage dozens of institutions to prepare greater numbers of highly qualified physics teachers, (2) test the effectiveness of "levers" for engaging physics departments to enable the development of scalable change initiatives, and (3) validate a model for thriving programs that prepare large numbers of highly qualified physics teachers. PhysTEC will develop "next generation PhysTEC Sites that offer improved models for physics teacher preparation, including Comprehensive Sites that establish thriving programs to prepare 5 or more physics teachers per year, and Recruiting Sites to develop an appropriately scaled model for smaller institutions. The project will also explore innovative modalities for directly engaging larger numbers of institutions at lower cost and offer readily scalable solutions. Improving the national infrastructure for preparing greater numbers of highly qualified physics teachers will help ensure excellence in physics education for tens of thousands of K-12 students across the nation each year, and thousands of college students including future teachers will benefit from transformed courses at PhysTEC Sites. In addition, PhysTEC will disseminate knowledge on teacher preparation to a broad national audience, including the 60,000 combined members of APS and AAPT, through conferences, workshops, publications, online communications, and a website. Further, the project will engage with disciplinary professional societies and other organizations to offer PhysTEC as a paradigm to address teacher shortages in other STEM fields.This project integrates knowledge gained from previous efforts with theories of institutional change to inform a complex, systems approach to change initiatives. A comprehensive evaluation plan will investigate the effectiveness of PhysTEC initiatives to engage physics departments, develop capacity for change, and improve physics teacher preparation; formative evaluation will guide improvements to PhysTEC initiatives. Participating institutions will adopt research-based practices, including instructional practices shown to increase student learning and develop knowledge and skills for teaching physics. Peer-reviewed publications will add to the knowledge base for STEM teacher preparation. This award is funded by the Division of Physics within the NSF Mathematics and Physical Sciences Directorate and by NSF's Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program.

严重缺乏合格的STEM教师，需要教育和启发未来的技术劳动力，破坏了我们国家的经济竞争力及其科学和技术领导。物理学的情况特别令人震惊：在所有高中物理教室中，只有一半是由具有物理学学位的老师领导的，物理学是新的K-12老师的第一名短缺领域。物理教师教育联盟（PHYSTEC）项目愿景是，每个学生都有机会向一位高素质的老师学习物理学，从而使美国能够满足对STEM专业人士的高需求。自2001年以来，由美国物理学会（APS）和美国物理教师协会（AAPT）领导的Phystec一直在努力让物理部门建立解决国家物理教师短缺所需的教育基础设施。该项目开发了40多种模型教师准备计划，这些计划使他们的高素质物理教师的生产增加了一倍以上，这些新教师的保留率很高。这些Phystec站点在维持其资助时期的计划方面也取得了巨大的成功。为了传播有效的实践和知识，该项目建立了一个由300多家成员机构组成的国家联盟；这些机构共同准备了全国一半以上高素质的物理老师。 Phystec以物理社区的广泛参与以及许多成功计划的项目知识和经验为基础，将实现三个相互关联的目标，以建立解决国家物理教师短缺的解决方案。该项目将：（1）直接聘请数十家机构来准备更多高素质的物理教师，（2）测试“杠杆”对吸引物理部门的有效性，以使物理部门能够开发可扩展的变化计划，（3）验证一个繁荣计划的模型，以准备大量高素质的物理教师。 Phystec将开发“下一代Phystec网站，为物理教师准备的模型提供改进的模型，包括建立蓬勃发展的计划，以建立繁荣的计划每年准备5个或更多的物理教师，并招募站点以为较小的机构开发适当规模的模型。该项目还将为较低的机构提供较大的范围，以探索较大的机构，以较低的范围来探索较大的机构，并提供了较大的机构，可及时提供详尽的范围。高素质的物理老师将有助于确保每年在全国成千上万的K-12学生对物理教育的卓越，包括未来教师在内的成千上万的大学生将受益于Phystec网站的转型课程，而Phystec将在教师准备方面向教师准备，包括60,000个全国性的全国群体，包括APS和APS的班级，以及APS和AAPS的一家班级。此外，该项目将与纪律专业社会和其他组织互动，以提供Phystec作为范式，以解决其他STEM领域中的教师短缺。该项目将以前的知识与机构变革理论相结合，以告知一种复杂的，系统的方法来告知一种变革计划的系统。一项全面的评估计划将调查Phystec计划与物理部门，发展变化能力并改善物理教师准备的有效性；形成性评估将指导Phystec计划的改进。参与的机构将采用基于研究的实践，包括展示的教学实践，以增加学生学习并发展教学物理学的知识和技能。经过同行评审的出版物将为STEM教师准备的知识库增加。该奖项由NSF数学和物理科学局和NSF的Robert Noyce教师奖学金计划中的物理部门资助。