Creating Laboratory Access for Science Students with Disabilities

多学科(99)尽管《国家科学教育标准》建议普及科学教育，但残疾人在科学方面的代表性严重不足，而且由于各级教育的准备/适应不足，他们的科学素养很差。该项目旨在通过教师发展、更好的职前教师培训和适应技术，满足残疾人对适当的科学教育的需求。目前的努力是对之前由NSF资助的一个项目的扩展，该项目对这一概念进行了试点测试，并将重点放在生物学上。该项目名为“为残疾学生创造有效的生物实验室学习环境：本科生教师和7-12年级学校教师的全国典范”，是莱特州立大学(WSU)生物科学系(理学院)、师范教育系(教育学院)和残疾服务办公室(ods，学生服务)之间的合作项目。威斯康星州立大学建于1967年，在建筑上是无障碍的，并在为残疾学生编制课程方面赢得了全国声誉。班级项目开发了五种可传播的产品：(1)一本资料手册(印刷版和电子版)，以帮助科学教师设计和实施普遍可访问的实验室和实地练习；(2)一个可访问和互动的网站(http://biology.wright.edu/labgrant/index.html)，在该网站上，讲习班申请可以在线完成，以前的讲习班参与者可以在这里讨论问题或访问幻灯片演示文稿；(3)通过在休斯敦州立大学举行的为期两周的驻地讲习班为教育工作者开发人力资源，在那里他们获得必要的技能，(Iv)透过为期一周的住宿科学营为严重残疾高中生发展人力资源，让他们与参与体验式科学活动的教育者一对一合作，以及(V)发表学术文章和在专业会议上发表演讲。课程计划现正将这些行之有效的教材和策略推广至所有自然科学和物理学科，协助系统地改革残疾学生的科学教育。该项目的目标是：1.培养更广泛的外部受众。这是通过制作如下媒体实现的：(A)一系列5分钟讨论的领导力视频，将在国家和地区教育工作者(学院/大学理科教师和科学和数学教育工作者)的专业会议上使用，以培训教育工作者干部(每年300人)通过基于问题的学习在其实验室处理残疾问题；(B)模拟和电子(QuickTime)格式的短片教程系列，将在网上提供，用于职前教师培训(常规课堂和远程学习)以及在其这些活动包括：(A)计算机(每年可能影响1000多名教育工作者)和(C)为班级夏季住宿讲习班制作宣传录像带，以供征聘之用。扩大的网站能力支持这些举措，包括设有专题论坛的公告栏。在现场开发更全面的项目。休斯敦州立大学住宅班暑期讲习班的范围正在扩大，以包括其他自然科学、物理科学和数学。3.成为无障碍科学教育的典范。这是通过将课堂目标和可传播的产品纳入西澳州立大学的科学教育课程(职前教师、教育学和教学课程)来实现的。通过跨学科方法(广泛涵盖基础物理、自然和数学科学常见的实验室/现场问题)，旨在针对教育渠道中的多个层次(学院和大学教师、职前教师培训)，该班级项目旨在显著增加残疾学生接受实验室科学教育的机会。

Multidisciplinary (99) Although the National Science Education Standards recommend that science instruction should be universally accessible, individuals with disabilities are seriously underrepresented in science and have poor scientific literacy due to inadequate preparation/accommodations at all educational levels. This project aims to address the needs of persons with disabilities for adequate education in the sciences through faculty development, better preparation of pre-service teachers, and adaptive technology. The current effort is an expansion of a project previously funded by NSF that pilot-tested the concept and focused on biology. This project, Creating Laboratory Access for Science Students (the "CLASS" Project), which was titled "Making biology laboratories effective learning environments for students with disabilities: a national model for undergraduate instructors and grades 7-12 school teachers," is a collaboration at Wright State University (WSU) between the Department of Biological Sciences (College of Science) and the Teacher Education Department (College of Education) and the Office of Disability Services (ODS, Student Services). WSU was constructed in 1967 to be architecturally barrier free and has gained a national reputation for curricular programming for students with disabilities. The CLASS project has developed five disseminable products: (i) a Sourcebook (printed and electronic) to assist science teachers in designing and implementing universally accessible lab and field exercises, (ii) an accessible and interactive website (http://biology.wright.edu/labgrant/index.html) where workshop applications can be completed on line and where prior workshop participants can discuss issues or access the PowerPoint presentation, (iii) human resource development for educators via a two week residential workshop at WSU where they acquire necessary skills, (iv) human resource development for high school students with severe disabilities via a one week residential science camp where they work one-on-one with educator participants in experiential science activities, and (v) published scholarly articles and presentations at professional meetings.The CLASS project is now extending these proven educational materials and strategies across all natural and physical sciences, helping to systemically reform the science education of students with disabilities. Objectives of the project are:1. To develop a broader external audience. This is being accomplished through production of media as follows: (a) a Leadership Series of 5-minute discussion-generating videos that will be used at national and regional professional meetings of educators (college/university science faculty and educators in science and math) to train cadres of educators (300 per year) in dealing with disability issues in their laboratories through problem based learning (b) a Tutorial Series of short videoclips in analog and electronic (QuickTime) format that will be available on the web for use in pre-service teacher training (regular classroom and distance learning) as well as by individuals working at their computers (potentially impacting over 1000 educators per year) and (c) a promotional video for the CLASS summer residential workshop for recruitment purposes. Expanded website capabilities support these initiatives, including a bulletin board with topical forums.2. To develop more comprehensive programs on site. The scope of the residential CLASS summer workshop at WSU is being broadened to include other natural and physical sciences and mathematics. 3. To become a model for excellence in accessible science education. This is being accomplished through integration of CLASS goals and disseminable products into the science education curriculum at WSU (pre-service teachers; pedagogy and content courses). Through interdisciplinary approaches (broadly encompassing lab/field issues common to basic physical, natural and mathematical sciences) aimed at targeting multiple levels in the educational pipeline (college and university faculty, training of pre-service teachers) the CLASS project aims to significantly increase access to laboratory science education of students with disabilities.