Partnership for Plant Genomics Education

植物基因组学教育合作伙伴

• 批准号: 0402113
• 负责人: David Gilchrist
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-04-15 至 2008-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0402113&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Partnership; Plant; Genomics; Education

The Partnership for Plant Genomics Education (PPGE) is developing plant genomics and biotechnology educational materials in the form of interactive software and associated curricula for national dissemination. In order to increase the pool of qualified community college and high school students interested in pursuing careers in the biotechnology industry, summer internship programs provide students with technical experiences. Training workshops assist teachers in making the best use of the software and associated activities, thereby fueling the growing network of educators tackling these concepts in the classroom. In addition, a weeklong summer genomics teacher institute, a biotechnology institute for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and an agriculture biotechnology workshop expand the pool of teachers qualified to teach these topics effectively in the secondary classroom. The software project impacts students on a national scale by providing interesting, virtual-hands-on experience, information about the essentials of plant genomics and modern crop biotechnology and ethical issues related to the technology. Training workshops and the summer teacher institute target educators serving underrepresented minorities. In addition, the project continues to host a summer biotechnology workshop given in collaboration with eleven 1890 institutions. In order to increase the pool of qualified students interested in pursuing careers in the biotechnology industry, summer internship programs place students in laboratory settings with a designated mentor at UC Davis. During this eight week program, students develop marketable lab skills and prospective technicians gain insight into real-world work environments. Students receive a stipend to facilitate the effective recruitment of under-represented groups to the student internship program. The project helps to cultivate an informed citizenry that understands the concepts, technical terms, and issues involved in agricultural biotechnology and the burgeoning field of genomics. The project also generates a trained pool of qualified students and teachers, thereby expanding the pipeline of secondary students entering into biotechnology training programs in community colleges, universities, and private industry. The PPGE builds from the structure of a previous successful program in introducing DNA based concepts and technologies to local high school biology programs.

植物基因组学教育伙伴关系 (PPGE) 正在以交互式软件和相关课程的形式开发植物基因组学和生物技术教育材料，以供全国传播。 为了增加对生物技术行业职业感兴趣的合格社区大学和高中学生的数量，暑期实习计划为学生提供技术经验。 培训研讨会帮助教师充分利用软件和相关活动，从而推动不断增长的教育工作者网络在课堂上解决这些概念。此外，为期一周的夏季基因组学教师学院、历史悠久的黑人学院和大学的生物技术学院以及农业生物技术研讨会扩大了有资格在中学课堂有效教授这些主题的教师队伍。 该软件项目通过提供有趣的虚拟实践经验、有关植物基因组学和现代作物生物技术的基本知识以及与该技术相关的伦理问题的信息，在全国范围内影响学生。培训讲习班和暑期教师学院以服务于代表性不足的少数群体的教育工作者为对象。此外，该项目继续与 11 个 1890 机构合作举办夏季生物技术研讨会。为了增加对生物技术行业职业感兴趣的合格学生群体，暑期实习项目将学生安排在加州大学戴维斯分校指定导师的实验室环境中。在这个为期八周的项目中，学生将培养适销对路的实验室技能，未来的技术人员将深入了解现实世界的工作环境。 学生将获得津贴，以促进有效招募代表性不足的群体参加学生实习计划。 该项目有助于培养知识渊博的公民，了解农业生物技术和新兴基因组学领域涉及的概念、技术术语和问题。该项目还培养了一批经过培训的合格学生和教师，从而扩大了中学生进入社区学院、大学和私营企业生物技术培训项目的渠道。 PPGE 建立在先前成功项目的结构之上，该项目将基于 DNA 的概念和技术引入当地高中生物项目。