Changing Brains Through Inquiry, Not Drugs

通过探究而不是药物来改变大脑

基本信息

批准号：
7842592
负责人：
JANET M DUBINSKY
金额：
$ 26.8万
依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
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：
2009-05-15 至 2012-04-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7842592
关键词：
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项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): As part of public health efforts to curtail drug use and associated behaviors, secondary students must understand that addiction is a brain disease that results from drug-induced changes in the cellular processes mediating learning in the brain. The most vivid way to illustrate the effects of drugs is to perform experiments demonstrating their power to influence synapses and behavior. Yet many MN secondary teachers have not been trained in neuroscience or to design and lead student-directed investigations on how simple nervous systems respond to drugs. The University of Minnesota (UMN) Department of Neuroscience and Department of Curriculum and Instruction propose to develop, adapt, implement, evaluate, and disseminate a model inquiry-based neuroscience education program on the biological basis of drug abuse. The program will consist of professional development workshops for secondary science teachers, BrainU (BrainUs, plural), and an experimentally based curriculum for middle and high school students aligned to state and national standards. During BrainU, teachers will experience and learn inquiry-based teaching as they acquire knowledge of neuroscience and the biology of drug abuse. Two formats for BrainU will be compared; a 2 week intensive BrainU in the Twin Cities and a series of 2 day miniBrainUs to be held at host institutions around the state of MN. Participants will receive web-based, yearlong follow-up and support in both pedagogy and neuroscience. Additional observational feedback to support inquiry implementation will be part of the BrainU experience, either in person or via webcam. Formative and summative evaluations will be used to determine the effectiveness of program elements and changes in both teachers' and students' neuroscience knowledge and inquiry skills. Integral to the project is the development of an ongoing collaboration between teacher educators and neuroscientists to integrate BrainU into the formal curriculum for training secondary science teachers in the M.Ed. programs at UMN. This collaboration will be modeled to teacher educators and scientists at other state institutions training teachers as they host miniBrainUs. The project, Changing Brains through Inquiry, Not Drugs, will result in the implementation of in-depth, inquiry-based curriculum materials and teacher training programs supported by an online mentoring network, which will promote enhanced understanding and application of neuroscience and the biology of drug abuse into the secondary science curriculum. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The project, Changing Brains through Inquiry, Not Drugs, will result in the implementation of in- depth, inquiry-based curriculum materials and teacher training programs supported by an online mentoring network, which will promote enhanced understanding and application of neuroscience and the biology of drug abuse into the secondary science curriculum in Minnesota. Changing Brains will set an example for the combined training of teachers in content, pedagogy and usable curricular materials and provide evidence of impact on students' achievement scores. Beyond impacting how teachers across MN teach science, the cooperation between basic scientists and teacher educators in training secondary science teachers is expected to set a national example for improving teacher preparation in Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) education.

描述（由申请人提供）：作为减少药物使用和相关行为的公共卫生努力的一部分，中学生必须了解成瘾是一种脑部疾病，是由药物引起介导大脑学习的细胞过程发生变化而导致的。说明药物作用的最生动的方法是进行实验，证明药物影响突触和行为的能力。然而，许多明尼苏达州的中学教师没有接受过神经科学方面的培训，也没有设计和领导以学生为导向的简单神经系统如何对药物反应的调查。明尼苏达大学 (UMN) 神经科学系和课程与教学系提议开发、调整、实施、评估和传播基于药物滥用生物学基础的基于探究的神经科学教育模型模型。该计划将包括针对中学科学教师的专业发展讲习班、BrainU（BrainUs，复数），以及针对初中和高中学生的符合州和国家标准的基于实验的课程。在 BrainU 期间，教师将体验和学习探究式教学，同时获得神经科学和药物滥用生物学知识。将比较 BrainU 的两种格式；在双子城举办为期 2 周的强化 BrainU，以及将在明尼苏达州各地的主办机构举办一系列为期 2 天的 miniBrainU。参与者将获得基于网络的为期一年的后续行动以及教育学和神经科学方面的支持。支持调查实施的额外观察反馈将成为 BrainU 体验的一部分，无论是亲自还是通过网络摄像头。形成性和总结性评估将用于确定项目要素的有效性以及教师和学生神经科学知识和探究技能的变化。该项目的一个组成部分是教师教育工作者和神经科学家之间持续合作的发展，将 BrainU 纳入教育硕士培训中学科学教师的正式课程中。 UMN 的项目。这种合作将以其他州立机构在托管 miniBrainU 时培训教师的教师教育工作者和科学家为模型。该项目名为“通过探究而不是药物改变大脑”，将实施深入的、基于探究的课程材料和由在线指导网络支持的教师培训计划，这将促进加强对神经科学和生物学的理解和应用。药物滥用纳入中学科学课程。公共卫生相关性：该项目“通过探究而不是药物改变大脑”将导致实施深入的、基于探究的课程材料和由在线指导网络支持的教师培训计划，这将促进增强对神经科学的理解和应用明尼苏达州将药物滥用生物学纳入中学科学课程。 “改变大脑”将为教师在内容、教学法和可用课程材料方面的综合培训树立榜样，并提供对学生成绩分数影响的证据。除了影响明尼苏达州教师科学教学的方式外，基础科学家和教师教育工作者在培训中学科学教师方面的合作预计将为改善科学技术工程和数学（STEM）教育的教师准备树立全国榜样。