Creating Laboratory Access for Science Students with Disabilities

多学科（99）尽管《国家科学教育标准》建议科学教学应该普及，但由于各级教育的准备/便利不足，残疾人在科学领域的代表性严重不足，科学素养低下。该项目旨在通过师资发展、更好地培养职前教师和适应性技术，满足残疾人在科学方面获得充分教育的需要。目前的努力是对先前由美国国家科学基金会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，并专注于生物学。这个项目，为理科生创造实验室通道（“CLASS”项目），题目是“为残疾学生创造有效的生物实验室学习环境：是赖特州立大学（WSU）生物科学系（理学院）、教师教育系（教育学院）和残疾服务办公室（ODS，学生服务）之间的合作项目，是本科教师和7-12年级学校教师的全国模式。华盛顿州立大学建于1967年，在建筑上没有障碍，并因为残疾学生提供课程规划而享誉全国。CLASS项目开发了五种可传播的产品：(i)一本资料书（印刷和电子），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；（ii）一个可访问和互动的网站（http://biology.wright.edu/labgrant/index.html），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PowerPoint演示文稿；（iii）通过在华盛顿州立大学进行为期两周的住宿研讨会，为教育工作者提供人力资源开发，在那里他们将获得必要的技能；（iv）通过为期一周的住宿科学营，为患有严重残疾的高中生提供人力资源开发，在那里他们将与参加体验式科学活动的教育工作者进行一对一的工作；(v)在专业会议上发表学术文章和演讲。目前，CLASS项目正在将这些经过验证的教育材料和策略扩展到所有自然科学和物理科学领域，帮助残疾学生进行系统的科学教育改革。该项目的目标是：1。发展更广泛的外部受众。这是通过制作下列媒介来完成的：(a)将在国家和区域教育工作者（学院/大学科学教师和科学和数学教育工作者）的专业会议上使用的领导能力系列5分钟讨论视频，以培训教育工作者干部（每年300人）通过基于问题的学习在实验室中处理残疾问题。(b)模拟和电子（QuickTime）格式的短视频教程系列，将在网上提供，供职前教师使用培训（常规课堂和远程学习）以及在电脑上工作的个人（每年可能影响超过1000名教育工作者）和(c)用于招聘目的的CLASS暑期住宿研讨会的宣传视频。扩展的网站功能支持这些倡议，包括带有主题论坛的公告板。在现场开发更全面的项目。华盛顿州立大学住宿班夏季研讨会的范围正在扩大，包括其他自然科学和物理科学以及数学。3. 成为无障碍科学教育的典范。这是通过将CLASS目标和可传播的产品整合到WSU的科学教育课程（职前教师、教育学和内容课程）中来实现的。通过跨学科的方法（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），针对教育管道中的多个层次（学院和大学教师，职前教师的培训），CLASS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.