University of Puerto Rico STEM Asthma Awareness Program

波多黎各大学 STEM 哮喘意识计划

• 批准号: 10665623
• 负责人: Orestes Quesada
• 金额: $ 23.96万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-08-10 至 2026-07-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10665623
• 关键词: Address; Air; Area; Asthma; Awareness; Biology; COVID-19 pandemic; Chemistry; Climate; Communities; Community Health; Competence; Creativeness; Data; Data Analyses; Development; Discipline; Disease Outbreaks; Disparity; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational Status; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Engineering; Environment; Environmental Risk Factor; Exposure to; Fostering; Future; Future Teacher; Geographic Locations; Goals; Health; High School Faculty; High School Student; Hurricane; Hypersensitivity; Imagination; Immersion; International; Knowledge; Labor Forces; Laboratory Research; Learning; Link; Location; Molecular; Motivation; Participant; Personal Satisfaction; Physics; Preparation; Privatization; Process; Puerto Rican; Puerto Rico; Research; Research Activity; Research Project Grants; Research Training; Risk Factors; Role; STEM career; STEM field; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Societies; Students; Teacher Professional Development; Time; Training; Training Programs; Training and Education; Universities; University resources; Visit; air monitoring; air sampling; career; college; computer science; digital tool; experience; hands on research; high school; improved; innovation; interest; knowledge base; mathematical sciences; microorganism; programs; resource guides; response; skills; social implication; student participation; teacher; transmission process; twelfth grade; undergraduate student; web page; web site

Project Summary/Abstract The University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras has a remarkable record in research training and the development of undergraduates that pursue graduate and doctoral programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). This sharply contrasts with the track record of high schools in Puerto Rico with regards to students that are interested in STEM careers and/or that have the competences to pursue a career in STEM. Confronted with this disparity, we aim to develop a program for the training and education in STEM of high school teachers in Puerto Rico, and their students, that focus on the development of science and engineering practices. Our rationale is that by targeting teachers through this project we will contribute in the education and training of Puerto Rican high school students. Our program will also provide multiple activities – including a summer immersion program- through which high school students will be able to explore their interest in STEM. Specifically, we propose an innovative approach that includes traditional professional development activities for teachers in STEM fields, and an authentic research experience in which teachers and students are integrated and involved in researching a particular health problem that concerns everyone in the Puerto Rican society. Puerto Rico, due to its geographic location and its inherent climate, has one of the highest asthma rates per inhabitant worldwide (14.2%) and this situation increased after the passage of Hurricane María in 2017. Our proposal reconciles the efforts and resources of the University of Puerto Rico, the Molecular Sciences and Research Center, the Puerto Rico Department of Health, and the Puerto Rico Department of Education. The main goal is to, while generating awareness of an important health issue in Puerto Rico, increase the number of STEM teachers engaged in science practices that will enable them to teach science through research and take on an active role in the preparation of students to develop them as a competitive future knowledge-based society.

项目摘要/摘要 里奥皮德拉斯大学波多黎各大学在研究培训和 在科学领域购买研究生和博士课程的大学生的发展， 技术，工程和数学（STEM）。这与往绩形成鲜明对比 在波多黎各的高中，关于对STEM职业感兴趣的学生 和/或具有从事STEM职业的能力。面对这种差异， 我们旨在制定一项计划，以在高中教师的茎上进行培训和教育计划 波多黎各及其学生，专注于科学和工程的发展 实践。我们的理由是，通过针对教师通过这个项目，我们将做出贡献 波多黎各高中学生的教育和培训。我们的计划也将提供 多项活动 - 包括夏季沉浸式计划 - 高中生 将能够探索他们对STEM的兴趣。具体来说，我们提出了一种创新的方法 其中包括为STEM领域的教师提供传统的专业发展活动， 真实的研究经验，教师和学生在其中融合并参与 研究一个特定的健康问题，与波多黎各社会中的每个人有关。 波多黎各由于其地理位置和继承的气候，其最高 全球哮喘率在全球范围内（14.2％），这种情况通过 玛丽亚飓风在2017年。我们的提议衡量了大学的努力和资源 波多黎各，分子科学与研究中心，波多黎各部门 健康和波多黎各教育部。主要目标是在产生 意识到波多黎各重要的健康问题，增加了STEM老师的数量 从事科学实践，使他们能够通过研究教科学并接受科学 在学生准备发展为竞争的未来中发挥积极作用 基于知识的社会。