RET Site: Research Experiences for Teachers in Neural Engineering

RET 网站：神经工程教师的研究经验

• 批准号: 1801666
• 负责人: Satish Nair
• 金额: $ 59.88万
• 依托单位: University of Missouri-Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1801666&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RET; Site; Research; Experiences; Teachers

The 3-year NSF RET site on Neural Engineering at University of Missouri-Columbia (MU) focuses on the rapidly growing field of neural engineering that aims to address the global challenge of not only understanding the functioning of normal and pathological brains, but also devising approaches to address neurological limitations and dysfunction. The field requires a workforce trained across the physical and life sciences, and such training should begin at the K-12 level by incorporating engineering approaches, including the use of models, into STEM education. A multidisciplinary MU team with neuroscience faculty from Engineering, Biology, Psychology and Medicine, will host 10 teachers/year spanning all grades, for a 6-week duration during the summer, from primarily rural districts around Columbia, MO. The goal will be to recruit 90% of the teachers from rural or Title-1 schools. Teachers will spend the majority of the 6-week period in relevant labs engaging in research activities under the mentorship of a professor and graduate students. The program will increase research competency of teachers in core neuroscience concepts and in engineering approaches, that are linked to national education and technology standards, respectively. Teachers will work on neural engineering projects and will develop curricula for K-12 classrooms. In addition to research skills, during weekly classes, teachers will also learn modern technological tools that will influence their classroom teaching. They will also explore the neurobiological underpinnings of learning and its link to improving student experience via group readings from an influential book "Make it Stick" providing a common scientific theme unifying the seemingly diverse neural research projects for the teacher. Year-long follow up will focus on assisting teachers with their needs including incorporating engineering approaches, curricular modules and technological tools into their classrooms, and with planning their conference presentations. The curricular modules developed by the RET program teachers will be submitted to the NSF-supported peer-reviewed portal TeachEngineering.org.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.

密苏里州科罗利尼大学（MU）的3年NSF RET网站侧重于神经工程的快速增长领域，旨在应对全球挑战，不仅要了解正常和病理学的大脑的功能，还旨在解决神经系统限制和功能障碍的方法。该领域需要一名在物理和生命科学训练的劳动力，这种培训应在K-12级开始，通过将工程方法（包括使用模型的使用）纳入STEM教育中。由工程，生物学，心理学和医学的神经科学学院拥有神经科学教师的多学科MU团队，将在夏季举办10名教师/年，跨越所有年级，持续6周，主要是密苏里州哥伦比亚附近的农村地区。 目标是招募来自农村或标题1学校的90％的教师。在教授和研究生的指导下，教师将在6周的大部分时间里花费大部分时间从事研究活动的相关实验室。该计划将提高教师在核心神经科学概念和工程方法中的研究能力，分别与国家教育和技术标准有关。教师将从事神经工程项目，并将为K-12教室开发课程。除研究技能外，在每周课程中，教师还将学习影响其课堂教学的现代技术工具。他们还将探索学习的神经生物学基础及其通过一本有影响力的书“ Make It stuck”的小组阅读与改善学生体验的联系，提供了一个共同的科学主题，统一了教师看似多样化的神经研究项目。为期一年的后续行动将着重于协助教师满足他们的需求，包括将工程方法，课程模块和技术工具纳入教室，并计划会议演讲。 RET计划教师开发的课程模块将被提交给NSF支持的同行评审的Portal Teachengineering.org.org.org。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准通过评估来通过评估来支持的。