BEST Science! - Bioscience Enrichment for Students and Teachers

最好的科学！

• 批准号: 8287949
• 负责人: JAWED ALAM
• 金额: $ 21.25万
• 依托单位: OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-07-17 至 2017-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8287949
• 关键词: Accountability; Administrator; Adoption; Area; Bioinformatics; Biological Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; Biotechnology; Clinic; Commit; Communities; Comparative Study; DNA; DNA amplification; Development; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Environment; Equipment; Evaluation; Exercise; Faculty; Family; Foundations; Funding; Goals; Health Sciences; Health Services Research; Healthcare; Hurricane; Institution; Laboratories; Lead; Learning; Louisiana; Low income; Measures; Mentors; Mind; Minority; Molecular Biology; Molecular Genetics; Molecular and Cellular Biology; Population; Problem Solving; Randomized Controlled Trials; Reagent; Recruitment Activity; Research; Research Design; Resources; School Teachers; Schools; Science; Scientist; Secondary Schools; Series; Students; Technology; Testing; Thinking; Training; Underrepresented Minority; United States National Institutes of Health; Universities; Vocation; base; career; design; experience; gel electrophoresis; graduate student; high school; instrument; interest; literate; programs; research study; science education; teacher; urban area

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Greater New Orleans area is the setting for an unprecedented experiment in education reform. This effort is characterized by an influx of reform-minded administrators and teachers, enthusiastic adoption of the public charter school concept, increased accountability and parental options, and intensification of community involvement. This environment provides a unique and attractive opportunity for testing new ideas in curriculum development and delivery. The National Institutes of Health has developed a series of educational modules based on scientific discoveries from NIH-sponsored research. These units are designed to supplement existing elementary and secondary life science curricula at both the state and local levels and are consistent with National Science Education Standards. The supplements developed by teachers, scientists and curriculum experts, and field-tested nationally by teachers, "promote active and collaborative learning and are inquiry- based to help students develop problem-solving strategies and critical thinking." The NIH modules do not include hands-on laboratory exercises and no provisions are made for training teachers in the underlying concepts and technologies of molecular and cellular biology and molecular genetics. This application proposes a comprehensive program - BEST Science! - to provide Bioscience Enrichment for Students and Teachers. BEST Science! is a partnership between Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and several local school districts The long-term objective of this partnership is to advance an interest in, and understanding of, biomedical research and health sciences by New Orleans area high school students, particularly underrepresented minorities. The ultimate goal is to stimulate further education and vocation in these areas. The general mechanism proposed to achieve this goal is to produce and implement summer professional development workshops for biology teachers and then provide the necessary resources for them to deploy the curriculum in their classrooms during the academic year. The core of the workshop curriculum will be select NIH modules supplemented with complementary laboratory exercises utilizing technologies such as DNA transformation, PCR amplification and gel electrophoresis. The laboratory units will be created using existing modules, developed by SEPA-funded programs such as CityLab and Regional Biotech, as templates. Research scientists and graduate students from Ochsner and LSUHSC will participate in the workshops. Academic year support will include provision of reagent kits, equipment loans and mentoring by program faculty, graduate students, and Lead Teachers who have experience with the curriculum. Participating teachers, who must commit for one year to all aspects of the program, will have the option of carrying out the laboratory exercises in their classroom or in a dedicated student laboratory on the Ochsner campus. By providing the necessary training and resources, BEST Science! will help incorporate the NIH modules into the local curricula and fulfill the original intent of the NIH program. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): The healthcare and biomedical research fields, much like the greater U.S. economy, is increasingly based on science and technology and requires a science-literate workforce. Many public school districts, particularly those in urban areas with a relatively large population of minorities and low-income families, do not have the resources to provide a comprehensive education especially in areas like life science where learning is heavily dependent on hands-on laboratory explorations. Ochsner Clinic Foundation and Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, through the BEST Science! program, will provide the training and resources necessary for high school teachers in the greater New Orleans to add hands-on, inquiry-based educational modules into their existing curriculum - with the objective of stimulating students' interest in careers in biomedical research and the healthcare fields.

描述（由申请人提供）：大新奥尔良地区是进行教育改革实验的空前实验的设置。这项努力的特征是涌入思想的管理者和教师，热情地采用公立特许学校的概念，提高问责制和父母的选择以及对社区参与的强化。这种环境为测试课程开发和交付中的新想法提供了一个独特而有吸引力的机会。美国国立卫生研究院（National Institutes of Health）基于NIH赞助的研究的科学发现开发了一系列的教育模块。这些单元旨在补充州和地方层面的现有基础和中学科学课程，并且与国家科学教育标准一致。由教师，科学家和课程专家开发的补充剂，并由教师在全国范围内进行现场测试，“促进积极和协作的学习，并以询问为基础，以帮助学生制定解决问题的策略和批判性思维。” NIH模块不包括动手实验室练习，也没有针对分子和细胞生物学和分子遗传学的基本概念和技术培训教师的规定。 该应用程序提出了一个全面的计划 - 最佳科学！ - 为学生和老师提供生物科学丰富。最好的科学！是Ochsner诊所基金会，路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心和几个当地学区之间的合作伙伴关系，该合作伙伴关系的长期目标是促进对新奥尔良地区高中生的生物医学研究和健康科学的兴趣，尤其是少数人的生物医学研究和健康科学。最终目标是刺激这些领域的进一步教育和职业。建议实现这一目标的一般机制是为生物学教师制作和实施夏季专业发展研讨会，然后为他们提供必要的资源，以便他们在学年中在课堂上部署课程。研讨会课程的核心将是使用诸如DNA转化，PCR扩增和凝胶电泳等技术的补充实验室练习的NIH模块。实验室单元将使用现有模块创建，由SEPA资助的计划（例如CityLab和Regional Biotech）作为模板开发。来自Ochsner和LSUHSC的研究科学家和研究生将参加研讨会。学年的支持将包括课程教职员工，研究生以及具有课程经验的教师提供的试剂套件，设备贷款和指导。必须在课堂上或在Ochsner校园的专门的学生实验室中进行实验室练习的参与教师，他们必须在该计划的各个方面承诺一年。通过提供必要的培训和资源，最好的科学！将有助于将NIH模块纳入本地课程，并符合NIH计划的原始意图。 公共卫生相关性（由申请人提供）：与更大的美国经济一样，医疗保健和生物医学研究领域越来越基于科学技术，需要科学识字的劳动力。许多公立学区，尤其是那些在少数族裔和低收入家庭的城市地区，没有资源来提供全面的教育，尤其是在生活科学等领域，这些地区在很大程度上依赖于动手实验室的探索。 Ochsner诊所基金会和路易斯安那州立大学健康科学中心，通过最佳科学！计划，将为大新奥尔良的高中教师提供所需的培训和资源，以将基于询问的基于询问的教育模块加入其现有课程中 - 目的是激发学生对生物医学研究的职业兴趣 和医疗保健领域。