Teaching Biology Through Immunology Fellowships

通过免疫学奖学金教授生物学

• 批准号: 6769580
• 负责人: ARTHUR O TZIANABOS
• 金额: $ 6.85万
• 依托单位: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNOLOGISTS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-08-15 至 2008-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6769580
• 关键词: curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; immunology; role model; science education; secondary schools; teacher; workshop

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this program is to establish a lasting partnership among professional scientists, secondary school teachers, and curriculum specialists to develop and disseminate new curricula materials based on modern, cutting edge laboratory research in Immunology, in order to enhance science education and student participation in science courses in the United States. Specifically, this program will provide summer fellowships for secondary school teachers to work in Immunology research laboratories at various centers across the United States. This research experience will be directly linked to curriculum development so that each teacher will develop a new laboratory exercise for secondary school students. It is expected that this experience will enhance the teacher's instructional skills and scientific knowledge so that up-to-date fundamental concepts in biological sciences (especially Immunology) can be better integrated into current curricula. Since sufficient innovative exercises illustrating the fundamental principles and concepts in modern Immunology are not generally available, the teachers will be required to develop lesson plans based on their lab experience, and formulate them with the aid of curricular specialists. This program will also include the education of the mentors as to reasonable expectations for the teachers in their labs, as well as to enhance mentor scientists' attitudes regarding their role in science education reform. Mentor workshops to promote effective partnerships between the scientist and teacher will be an integral part of the AAI/teacher annual symposium in addition to workshops and presentations by the teachers and curriculum developers. By providing linkages among professional scientists, secondary school teachers and experts in curriculum development, we will foster a continuing relationship that will not only stimulate science education, but will also promote the public understanding of science and the role of basic research in improving health. The hypothesis that we will evaluate is that this research experience will engender for the teachers a renewed enthusiasm for science, which will be translated (via the vehicle of their new curricular laboratory exercises) in terms of integrated teaching of Immunology, as well as increased student interest in science courses, and the pursuit of scientific careers. Thus, we will also survey each teacher and school district previously in the program in order to determine the effect of the program on science education and student career choices.

描述（由申请人提供）：该计划的目的是在专业科学家，中学教师和课程专家之间建立持久的合作伙伴关系，以开发和传播基于现代，尖端实验室免疫学研究的新课程材料，以增强科学教育和美国在美国科学课程中的参与。具体来说，该计划将为中学教师提供夏季奖学金，以在美国各个中心从事免疫学研究实验室工作。这项研究经验将与课程发展直接相关，以便每个老师都会为中学生开发新的实验室练习。可以预期，这种经验将增强教师的教学能力和科学知识，以便可以更好地整合到当前课程中生物科学（尤其是免疫学）的最新基本概念。由于通常不可用说明现代免疫学中基本原理和概念的足够的创新练习，因此将要求教师根据他们的实验室经验制定课程计划，并借助课程专家来制定它们。该计划还将包括对指导者对实验室中教师的合理期望的教育，以及增强导师科学家对他们在科学教育改革中的作用的态度。除了教师和课程开发人员的讲习班和演讲外，还将是AAI/教师年度研讨会的组成部分，以促进科学家和教师之间有效的伙伴关系的导师研讨会。通过提供专业科学家，中学教师和课程发展专家之间的联系，我们将建立一种持续的关系，不仅会刺激科学教育，而且还将促进公众对科学的理解以及基础研究在改善健康方面的作用。我们将评估的假设是，这种研究经验将使教师对科学的新热情产生重新热情，这将在免疫学的综合教学方面（通过其新的课程实验室练习）翻译（通过其新的课程实验室练习），并提高了学生对科学课程的兴趣，以及对科学生涯的追求。因此，我们还将在计划中调查每个教师和学区，以确定该计划对科学教育和学生职业选择的影响。