Workforce Training for Stem Cell Research

干细胞研究劳动力培训

• 批准号: 0920799
• 负责人: Christopher Scott
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0920799&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workforce; Training; Stem; Cell; Research

This Workforce Training for STEM Cell Research endeavor is a Stanford University effort to develop a suite of instructive and lab-based materials focusing on stem cell biology and research for use in undergraduate courses in community colleges and four-year schools. This work is responsive to the identified need for: 1) an undergraduate curriculum that integrates science, laboratory training, and the humanities; 2) innovations in pedagogy not commonly seen in traditional approaches to teaching biology; 3) independent and flexible modules to accommodate "just-in-time" changes to a frontier area of biology; and 4) a scalable approach to address the nation's dearth of a technically-trained post-baccalaureate workforce for stem cell research. This project draws from prior successes in creating multidisciplinary, team-taught courses in the most active stem cell research centers in the world. In addition, community college faculty serve as collaborators in this work, drawing upon their biotechnology expertise and ensuring the materials meet the needs of their students.A well-trained workforce in stem cell research has the potential to fuel discovery and the eventual translation of technologies for human use. This stem cell curriculum--purpose-built for the workforce--is being designed to accomplish this end. This integrated series of instructional modules spans scientific, technical, and social dimensions of stem cell research. Importantly, the materials to be developed include laboratory-based training. The curriculum will provide educators with clearly written, rapidly revised core material and instructional modules. For each module, what students need to know for careers involving stem cell research is first determined, then development of a curriculum and pedagogy that can deliver appropriate knowledge and technical competency occurs. The products of this project include a suite of classroom and laboratory-based teaching and learning resources and evaluative materials that can stand-alone or be joined to create new courses. The curriculum has the potential for broad and immediate impact on teachers and students working to launch technical careers in stem cell research. These materials are also of benefit to undergraduate biology curricula and certificate programs with technical foci, as the modular approach allows four-year schools to pick topics and materials that best suit their teaching needs. Materials will be distributed through the web and well-known national and international media channels. In addition, the modular approach can be adapted for distance learning and subject-based seminars. The demand for life science STEM professionals, some of whom will supervise dozens of technicians, is increasing. In sum, this project is designed to address a major educational gap in the biotechnology, commercialization and development chain.

这项对干细胞研究的劳动力培训是斯坦福大学的一项努力，旨在开发一套具有启发性和实验室的材料，重点是干细胞生物学和研究，用于在社区学院和四年制学校的本科课程中使用。这项工作对确定的需求有反应：1）将科学，实验室培训和人文学科整合的本科课程； 2）教学法的创新在传统的教学生物学方法中不常见； 3）独立且灵活的模块，以适应生物学边界区域的“及时”变化； 4）一种可扩展的方法来解决该国缺乏技术训练后的后核心劳动力，用于干细胞研究。 该项目借鉴了先前在世界上最活跃的干细胞研究中心创建多学科，团队知识的课程方面的成功。 此外，社区学院的教职员工在这项工作中担任合作者，借鉴其生物技术专业知识，并确保材料满足学生的需求。干细胞研究中训练有素的劳动力有可能为发现和最终的人类使用技术翻译而来。 该干细胞课程是为劳动力而设计的 - 旨在实现这一目标。该集成的一系列教学模块涵盖了干细胞研究的科学，技术和社会层面。重要的是，要开发的材料包括基于实验室的培训。 该课程将为教育工作者提供清晰，迅速修订的核心材料和教学模块。 对于每个模块，首先确定学生需要了解的涉及干细胞研究的职业，然后开发课程和教学法可以提供适当的知识和技术能力。该项目的产品包括一套课堂和基于实验室的教学资源以及评估材料，这些材料可以独立或加入以创建新课程。 该课程有可能对致力于启动干细胞研究技术职业的教师和学生进行广泛而直接的影响。这些材料也对具有技术灶的本科生物学课程和证书计划也有益，因为模块化方法允许四年制学校选择最适合其教学需求的主题和材料。 材料将通过网络和著名的国家和国际媒体渠道分发。此外，模块化方法可以适应远程学习和基于主题的研讨会。对生命科学STEM专业人员的需求，其中一些人将监督数十名技术人员，这正在增加。 总而言之，该项目旨在解决生物技术，商业化和开发链中的主要教育差距。