Collaborative Research: Institute in Research Methods for Professional Development for Emerging Education Researchers (PEER) Field Schools

合作研究：新兴教育研究人员（PEER）田间学校专业发展研究方法研究所

• 批准号: 2025170
• 负责人: Scott Franklin
• 金额: $ 58.73万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-09-01 至 2025-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2025170&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Institute; Methods; Professional

This Institute in Research Methods project extends the impact of the Professional Development for Emerging Education Researchers (PEER) field school model to emerging education researchers through a multi-faceted approach, building individual and community capacity for high-quality STEM education research. The institute advances understanding of the effectiveness of professional development for research. Evaluation activities will identify characteristics of successful field schools in STEM education research and compare these with current understanding of professional development in a pedagogical context. In addition to training the institute will contribute to generalized knowledge of how to help emerging researchers generate high quality STEM education research. This project consists of gateway workshops to attract and motivate participants, 5-day introductory field schools across the country, and advanced activities that explore quantitative and qualitative methodologies in depth. Curated web repositories of research tools and "Expert How To" articles will be developed with user-design research to ensure usability. These products will be hosted on the nationally established PhysPort repository for physics pedagogical resources. The project also develops a strategic partnership with the University of Virgin Islands, a public, Historically Black College, and its Institute for STEM Education Research and Practice. The final project outcome will be a growing community of discipline-based STEM education researchers trained to address critical issues in the education system, including broadening participation, addressing gaps in STEM learning, and developing the next-generation of pedagogical materials that increase student learning.This research institute is funded by ECR (the core research program of the Education and Human Resources directorate) and attends specifically to critical aspects in research capacity building.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该研究方法研究所项目通过多方面的方法，将新兴教育研究人员专业发展 (PEER) 田野学校模式的影响扩展到新兴教育研究人员，培养个人和社区进行高质量 STEM 教育研究的能力。该研究所增进了对研究专业发展有效性的理解。评估活动将确定 STEM 教育研究中成功的实地学校的特征，并将其与当前对教学环境中专业发展的理解进行比较。除了培训之外，该研究所还将贡献如何帮助新兴研究人员开展高质量 STEM 教育研究的一般知识。该项目包括吸引和激励参与者的入门研讨会、全国范围内为期 5 天的介绍性实地学校以及深入探索定量和定性方法的高级活动。将通过用户设计研究来开发研究工具和“专家操作方法”文章的精选网络存储库，以确保可用性。这些产品将托管在国家建立的 PhysPort 物理教学资源存储库中。该项目还与维尔京群岛大学（一所公立历史黑人学院）及其 STEM 教育研究与实践研究所建立了战略合作伙伴关系。最终的项目成果将是一个不断壮大的基于学科的 STEM 教育研究人员社区，他们接受过培训，以解决教育系统中的关键问题，包括扩大参与、解决 STEM 学习的差距以及开发提高学生学习的下一代教学材料。该研究所由 ECR（教育和人力资源理事会的核心研究计划）资助，专门致力于研究能力建设的关键方面。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力评估进行评估，认为值得支持。优点和更广泛的影响审查标准。