Discovery Corps Senior Fellowship: Science Enrichment using Retired Volunteer Educators (SERVE)

德克萨斯理工大学的Dominick Casadonte是2004-2005学年的探索军团高级研究员。Casadonte将领导一项涉及拉伯克公立学校老年人和学生的代际化学教育研究。他将在教育学和普通化学校长方面培训一批老年人。然后，这些老年人将在得克萨斯州的拉伯克学校系统中自愿担任教师助手、导师或顾问。该计划的许多方面将进行评估，包括高级志愿者的课堂效率，学生的教育成果，老年人的态度，身体和认知成果，以及从课堂教师的角度来看的整体功效。该探索军团高级奖学金由化学部和MPS多学科活动办公室支持。探索军团奖学金计划是一项试点计划，旨在寻求新的博士后和专业发展模式，将联合收割机的研究专长与专业服务相结合。 探索团研究员通过解决国家需求领域的项目利用他们的研究专长。他们的项目提高了研究能力和基础设施，并有助于劳动力发展和创造就业机会。 探索队计划支持博士后研究员和高级研究员。

Dominick Casadonte, Texas Tech University, is a Discovery Corps Senior Fellow for the 2004-2005 academic year. Casadonte will lead an intergenerational chemistry education study involving senior citizens and students in the Lubbock public schools. He will train a group of senior citizens in both pedagogy and general chemistry principals. The senior citizens will then volunteer as teacher's aides, mentors or resource persons in the Lubbock Texas school system. Many aspects of the program will be evaluated, including the classroom effectiveness of the senior volunteer, the educational outcomes for the students, the attitudinal, physical and cognitive outcomes for the seniors, and the overall efficacy from the perspective of the classroom teacher . This Discovery Corps Senior Fellowship is supported by the Division of Chemistry and the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.The Discovery Corps Fellowship Program is a pilot program seeking new postdoctoral and professional development models that combine research expertise with professional service. Discovery Corps Fellows leverage their research expertise through projects that address areas of national need. Their projects enhance research capacity and infrastructure and contribute to workforce development and job creation. The Discovery Corps Program supports both Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Fellows.