Preparing Teachers for Academic Diversity

为教师的学术多元化做好准备

• 批准号: 6549029
• 负责人: JEAN B SCHUMAKER
• 金额: $ 25万
• 依托单位: EDGE ENTERPRISES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-19 至 2005-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6549029
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; academic achievement; child with disability; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; continuing education; curriculum; educational resource design /development; human subject; intelligence; interactive multimedia; teacher; training; DVD /CD ROM; academic achievement; child with disability; clinical research; computer assisted instruction; continuing education; curriculum; educational resource design /development; human subject; intelligence; interactive multimedia; teacher; training

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The purpose of this Phase II project is to design and validate three additional computerized instructional programs, called 'Virtual Workshops,' that will be used to provide professional development experiences to secondary content-area teachers who deliver instruction to academically diverse inclusive classes in which students with disabilities are enrolled. The Virtual Workshops are to serve as comparable alternatives to traditional teacher-development programs when these traditional programs cannot be accessed or as supplementary materials for teacher-training courses. The focus of each Virtual Workshop will be on an empirically validated teaching routine that has been designed for delivering complex information in required subject-area courses. This project will result in inexpensive, effective, interactive professional development programs on CD ROMs for teachers. The Virtual Workshop will: (a) allow new teachers immediate access to training; (b) provide teachers timely access to state-of-the-art innovations available through the mail or on-line; (c) afford isolated teachers in poor or rural districts access to comprehensive professional-development experiences; (d) allow teachers to complete professional development activities at convenient times; (e) permit teachers to review the information whenever needed; and (f) furnish teachers access to the best professional developers in the nation. The CD ROM programs will feature instruction by experienced teachers in classrooms. The programs will be tested by local teachers. Experimental teachers (Virtual Workshop) will receive the CD ROM program and will implement the instruction. Comparison teachers (Actual Workshop) will attend a live workshop and will implement the instruction. Primary measures will include teacher knowledge of the program, teacher implementation of lessons, and teacher development of materials. A multivariate approach with multiple measures on the same subjects will be used. A pretest-posttest comparison-group design will be used to determine the secondary effects of the teachers' use of CD ROM program on student knowledge of key concepts related to each of the routines taught. The purpose will be to demonstrate that the CD ROM program prod uses at least equivalent results to the live training format. In addition, social validity of the program will be assessed. PROPOSED COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS: This project will result in inexpensive, effective multi-media professional development materials to enable teachers to deliver complex content to academically diverse classes. The products that will result from this project will be commercially published and distributed by Edge Enterprises and PRO-ED and marketed to teachers, administrators, and others nationally at approximately $40 each. This type of professional development package is not currently available and is particularly needed by isolated teachers, preserve teachers, and inexperienced teachers interested in providing barrier-free insturction for all students in inclusive classes.

描述（由申请人提供）：本第二阶段项目的目的是设计和验证三个名为“虚拟研讨会”的其他计算机化教学计划，这些计划将用于为辅助内容地区的教师提供专业发展经验，这些教师为学术多样化的包容性课程提供教学，其中有障碍学生的学生。当无法访问这些传统计划或作为教师培训课程的补充材料时，虚拟研讨会是作为传统教师发展计划的可比替代方案。每个虚拟研讨会的重点将放在经过经验验证的教学惯例上，该习惯旨在在所需的学科课程中提供复杂的信息。该项目将为教师提供廉价，有效，互动的专业发展计划。虚拟研讨会将：（a）允许新教师立即获得培训； （b）为教师及时访问通过邮件或在线提供的最新创新； （c）为贫困或农村地区的孤立教师提供综合的专业发展经验； （d）允许教师在方便的时间完成专业发展活动； （e）允许教师在需要时查看信息； （f）为教师提供进入美国最佳专业开发人员的机会。 CD ROM课程将以教室中有经验的老师的指导为特色。这些计划将由当地教师进行测试。实验教师（虚拟研讨会）将获得CD ROM计划，并将实施该指令。比较教师（实际研讨会）将参加现场讲习班，并将实施指令。主要措施将包括对计划的教师知识，教师实施课程以及材料的教师发展。将使用对同一主题进行多种措施的多元方法。预测试比较组的设计将用于确定教师对CD ROM计划的次要影响对与每个例行程序相关的关键概念的学生知识的次要影响。目的是证明CD ROM计划产品至少使用现场训练格式的结果。此外，将评估该计划的社会有效性。 拟议的商业应用： 该项目将导致廉价，有效的多媒体专业发展材料，使教师能够为学术上不同的班级提供复杂的内容。该项目将由该项目产生的产品将由Edge Enterprises商业发布和分发，并在全国范围内以大约40美元的价格向教师，管理人员和其他人销售。目前尚不可用这种专业发展套餐，孤立的教师，保存教师和经验不足的老师有兴趣为所有包容性课程提供无障碍的工厂。