RDE-DEI: Research in Disability Education--Demonstration, Enrichment and Information Dissemination

为理科学生创建实验室访问权 (CLASS) 是一项旨在促进针对身体和学习障碍学生的卓越科学教育的倡议。 CLASS 位于莱特州立大学 (WSU)，在大约 7 年的时间里从 DUE (CCLI) 获得了两项超过 100 万美元的 NSF 重大资助。 CLASS认为，全纳科学教育的体制改革必须以培养各级教育工作者为重点。核心理念是，只要有适当的便利，大多数有身体和学习障碍的人就可以充分参与科学事业。过去资助的重点是为科学教育者开发包容性资源，并提供密集的夏季研讨会，以促进包容性、基于探究的科学教育的态度和策略。许多科学教育工作者来到华盛顿州立大学参加研讨会。许多人回到了自己的机构，以实现重大变革。可传播的产品包括广泛传播的 CD-ROM 资料手册和在专业会议上使用的培训视频。一项小额赠款计划为课堂教育工作者提供了资金，用于购买适应性设备和项目。这些举措还指导了华盛顿州立大学本科科学和科学教育课程的课程设计，为我们有身体残疾的科学专业学生的成功做出了重大贡献。 RDE-DEI 将扩大目前修改课程的努力。该过程将包括对俄亥俄州资源中心 (ORC) 经过同行评审的课程计划提出修改建议，以充分包容残疾学生。这些建议将由莱特州立大学的科学、数学和特殊教育专业团队提出。最终的建议将上传到 ORC 网站，然后可供全国教育工作者使用。此外，对于致电 ORC 询问有关残疾学生教育的具体问题的教育工作者，我们将提供资源。

Creating Laboratory Access for Science Students (CLASS) is an initiative to promote excellence in thescience education for students with physical and learning disabilities. Based at Wright State University(WSU) CLASS has received two major NSF grants in excess of $1M from DUE (CCLI) spanning about 7years. CLASS believes that systemic reform of inclusive science education must focus on trainingeducators at all levels. The central philosophy is that given appropriate accommodation, most people withphysical and learning disabilities can participate fully in the scientific endeavor. The focus of past funding has been to develop inclusive resources for science educators and to offer intensive summer workshops that promote attitudes and strategies for inclusive, inquiry based science education. Numerous science educators have come to WSU for the workshops. Many have returned to their institutions to effect significant change. Disseminable products have included a widely distributed SourceBook on CD-ROM and training videos that have been used at professional meetings. A small grant program has provided funds to classroom educators for adaptive equipment and programs. These initiatives have also guided curriculum design in undergraduate science and science education courses at WSU, contributing substantially to the success of our science majors who have physical disabilities. This RDE-DEI will expand current efforts to modify curricula. This process will include making modification recommendations to peer-reviewed lesson plans from the Ohio Resource Center (ORC) for the full inclusion of students with disabilities. These recommendations will be made by teams of science, math and special education majors at Wright State University. Finalized recommendations will be uploaded to the ORC website and will then be available for educators across the nation. Also, for educators calling into the ORC with specific questions regarding education for student with disabilities, resources will be made available.