THE PERFECT PARTNERSHIP: SCIENCE ENRICHED PHYSICAL ED

完美的合作伙伴：科学丰富的体育教育

• 批准号: 6850108
• 负责人: CATHERINE Dunnington ENNIS
• 金额: $ 32.4万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-02-01 至 2006-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6850108
• 关键词: DVD /CD ROM; adolescence (12-20); body physical activity; clinical research; curriculum; educational resource design /development; elementary school; ethnic group; health education; human subject; outcomes research; problem solving; quality of life; science education; urban area; videotape /videodisc

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The long term objective of this research is to design and field test a science-enriched elementary PE curriculum to increase students' knowledge and interest in health-related science. Minority students in urban public schools often do not acquire essential academic skills necessary to pursue science careers. Although interest in science may develop during adolescence, by middle or high school many students are academically so deficient they are unable to master technical knowledge essential for success. Stimulating students' interests in science, reading, and mathematics early in their schooling is critical to achievement. Many health-related scientific principles most relevant to young children involve concrete responses they can examine and understand. One salient set of principles explains the positive benefits of physical activity on health and well-being. Recent public health reports indicate that physical inactivity is a primary risk factor for coronary heart disease. PE can provide an exciting, active laboratory to examine health-related science concepts and principles. Specific project objectives are:1. To determine if a science-enriched curriculum taught in PE can increase 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students' knowledge of health-related science. Kinesiology or the scientific study of human movement is the disciplinary knowledge base for PE. PE programs reflecting a kinesiological focus communicate scientific knowledge about health-related benefits of physical activity to students. We hypothesize that kinesiological or science-enriched PE curricula can create an environment that increases students' knowledge of the body systems' responses to physical activity in a stimulating, enjoyable, and academically engaging atmosphere.2. To determine if students' interactions with scientists increase their understanding of scientist's work, the scientific inquiry process, and their interest in science. While Objective #1 emphasizes the kinesiological knowledge base that will make PE an extension of the science Classroom and a viable science partner, Objective #2 examines the contributions that kinesiological scientists can make to students' understanding of the scientific process and interest in science. We hypothesize that students' interactions with distinguished NIH-funded scientists will contribute to a broader picture of the scientific enterprise and the value that students' place on scientific knowledge. Scientists will visit elementary schools and participate with students in experiments as part of the problem-solving, science-enriched PE curriculum. Students from three schools will be invited to the scientists' laboratories to participate in meaningful experiments to enhance their understanding of scientists' work, the inquiry process, and their interest in science.

描述（由申请人提供）：本研究的长期目标是设计和现场测试科学丰富的基础体育课程，以增加学生对健康相关科学的知识和兴趣。 城市公立学校的少数民族学生往往无法获得从事科学事业所需的基本学术技能。 尽管对科学的兴趣可能会在青春期发展起来，但到了初中或高中，许多学生在学业上表现不佳，无法掌握成功所必需的技术知识。 在上学初期激发学生对科学、阅读和数学的兴趣对于取得成就至关重要。 许多与幼儿最相关的健康相关科学原理都涉及他们可以检查和理解的具体反应。 一组重要的原则解释了体育活动对健康和福祉的积极益处。 最近的公共卫生报告表明，缺乏身体活动是冠心病的主要危险因素。 PE 可以提供一个令人兴奋、活跃的实验室来研究与健康相关的科学概念和原理。 具体项目目标是： 1．确定体育教授的科学丰富课程是否可以增加三年级、四年级和五年级学生的健康相关科学知识。运动学或人体运动的科学研究是体育学科的知识基础。 反映运动机能学重点的体育项目向学生传达有关体育活动对健康相关益处的科学知识。 我们假设运动学或富含科学的体育课程可以创造一个环境，在刺激、愉快和学术上吸引人的氛围中增加学生对身体系统对体育活动的反应的了解。2．确定学生与科学家的互动是否增加了他们对科学家工作、科学探究过程的理解以及他们对科学的兴趣。 目标 1 强调运动学知识基础，这将使体育成为科学课堂的延伸和可行的科学伙伴，而目标 2 则研究运动学科学家可以为学生理解科学过程和对科学的兴趣做出的贡献。 我们假设学生与美国国立卫生研究院资助的杰出科学家的互动将有助于更广泛地了解科学事业以及学生对科学知识的重视。 科学家将参观小学并与学生一起参与实验，作为解决问题、丰富科学的体育课程的一部分。 来自三所学校的学生将被邀请到科学家实验室参与有意义的实验，以增强他们对科学家工作、探究过程的理解以及对科学的兴趣。