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James S. McDonnell Foundation Inaugurates New Program in Educational Research $24.5 Million Awarded for Studies of Teachers as LearnersThe Officers and Directors of the James S. McDonnell Foundation today announced more than $34 million in grants in their ongoing program, the 21st Century Science Initiative. Founded in 1950 by the late aerospace pioneer and founder of what would become the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, James S. McDonnell believed that science and technology gives mankind the power to shape knowledge for the future while improving our lives. "Mr. Mac's" vision continues to be realized through the research these grants are supporting. Since the inception of the program in 2000, more than $314 million in funding has been awarded. In 2017, JSMF inaugurated the Understanding Teacher Change and Teachers as Learners in K-12 Classrooms program to fund education research on the science of teaching and expand our understanding of teachers as learners and key agents of change in education. The concern shared by parents, educators, and funding agencies is that despite the availability of numerous evidence-based practices for improving student learning we know very little about teacher learning and how to best incorporate new approaches into existing educational practices. "The Foundation is excited to launch this new program and we hope the research findings will fill an important gap in our present understanding of how advances in the science of learning can best be integrated into educational practices," said McDonnell Foundation President, Dr. Susan Fitzpatrick. The 21st Century Science Initiative also announced new grants in the Foundation's programs. In Understanding Human Cognition, the Scholar Awards support young researchers identified by their peers and nominated by their institutions as likely to continue to make important theoretical or conceptual contributions that advance developmental science. Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems awards support networks of multi-disciplinary working groups to solve practical problems in complex, adaptive, nonlinear systems. Special Initiative awards support opportunistic research closely related to JSMF's programmatic interests. The McDonnell Foundation's 2017 21st Century Science Initiative Awards are: Understanding Teacher Change and Teachers as Learners
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