TY - JOUR
AU - Williams, Luther S.
AB -  Luther S . Williams Assistant Director, Education and Human Resources, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia 22230 Recently, the National Science Foundation (NSF) in the United States has taken the position that resource acquisition or programming must accommodate the transition from programs per se to results. This represents a literal and profound change in the basic research and development paradigm as it bears on the strategies that inform-and activities that define-the NSF education and human resources agenda. This transition is characterized by several developments. For example: 1 . The directorate was reorganized recently to better accommodate its extant agenda, including making provisions for an organized unit assigned to systemic approaches to mathematics, science, engineering, and technology education. 2. Owing to a substantial increase in financial resources, it has been possible to accelerate the pace in breaking rank with incremental and limited approaches and to engage more fundamental discourse among the mathematics, science, engineering, and technology education communities, especially in the K- I2 sector. 3. The foundation for the emerging systemic approaches includes several important programs; in fact, the vitality of these programs will define the growth rate of systemic reform: a. Teacher enhancement b. Instructional materials development c. Informal 
TI - Guest editorial. The national science foundation's trilogy of systemic initiatives in the united states
JF - Journal of Research in Science Teaching
DO - 10.1002/tea.3660310603
DA - 1994-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/guest-editorial-the-national-science-foundation-s-trilogy-of-systemic-DRJW65OcBw
SP - 599
EP - 601
VL - 31
IS - 6
DP - DeepDyve
ER -