Foundations for Student Success: National After School Network

学生成功的基础：全国课后网络

基本信息

批准号：
8528460
负责人：
NANCY P MORENO
金额：
$ 14.91万
依托单位：
BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2009
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2009-09-20 至 2015-08-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8528460
关键词：
AIDS/HIV problem Accountability Achievement Address Adult American Antibiotic Resistance Attitude Avian Influenza Award Awareness Belief Biological Sciences Biomedical Research Charge Collaborations Communicable Diseases Communities Developed Countries Developing Countries Development Disadvantaged Disease Educational Curriculum Educational process of instructing Effectiveness Engineering Enrollment Ensure Environment Environmental Health Evolution Face Family Foundations Future General Population Health Occupations Health Sciences Hour Human body Hypersensitivity Improve Access Institution Intervention Knowledge Lead Learning Link Location Malaria Medicine Metric Modeling Montana Neurosciences Online Systems Outcome Pathway interactions Peer Review Physiological Population Readiness Recruitment Activity Reporting Research Research Personnel Resources Risk Rural School Teachers Schools Science Scientist Secondary Schools Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Site Societies Source Stream Students System Teacher Professional Development Teaching Materials Testing Texas Training Underrepresented Minority Update Work Youth after-school program base body system career career development college design early experience eighth grade elementary school experience forgetting global health health knowledge health literacy high school improved innovation interest literate meetings middle school programs skills success teacher tool trafficking tribal leader web site

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The US K-12 educational system is not producing enough skilled graduates to meet future needs for science professionals and a science- and health-literate population. Problems with student achievement in science begin in elementary and middle school. Approaches that provide experiences outside normal school hours offer promise for preparing students for success in high school and beyond. However, despite the clear need to apply all available options to develop students' awareness of, and interest in life sciences and biomedical research, few materials or resources on these topics are tailored specifically for after school programs. Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), in partnership with the Houston Independent School District, the American Physiological Society, and Hopa Mountain (community-based organization serving rural and tribal leaders in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Montana), proposes to develop, evaluate and disseminate a new after school program model that utilizes an informal setting and engaging content to improve middle school students' science learning experiences, skills development and career awareness related to human body systems, infectious disease and allergy research. The model will be implemented and evaluated at five sites across the US with high enrollments of disadvantaged students. Project specific aims are to: (1) recruit and support a national team of teacher leaders, who will work together and with BCM scientists and educators to develop a year-long curriculum and supporting materials for an after school bioscience enrichment program (Bioscience After School) for grades 6-8; (2) evaluate the curriculum and supporting materials, in collaboration with the cadre of teacher leaders and project partners, by implementing after school bioscience enrichment programs in five locations across the US; (3) revise the curriculum and supporting materials, and develop web-based tools-such as discussion forums, streaming video lesson demonstrations and downloadable teaching materials-for teachers who lead Bioscience After School programs; and (4) disseminate all project-related resources (lesson demonstrations, teacher professional development sessions, templates for setting up after school science clubs, and student activities and materials) free-of-charge via the websites, BioEd Online (www.bioedonline.org) and K8 Science (www.k8science.org), and through more traditional pathways. All aspects of the project will be evaluated, both formatively and summatively, to gauge (the quality and effectiveness with which project components are delivered and implemented, and the overall value of the experiences provided to teachers and students.