Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Teacher Discovery!

“发现生物技术/生物信息学教师！”项目响应了社区大学认识到并利用其对科学教师培养尚未开发的影响的呼吁。为了识别、鼓励和支持未来的科学教师，本项目与附近的科学教师培训项目合作。教师候选人与在职教师共同参加生物技术讲习班，并可选择在区域科学教室中进行生物技术实地体验。两组教师都获得了科学内容知识和生物技术以及基于网络的技术经验。知识价值。拟议的项目解决了当代的主要挑战：1)呼吁科学教师获得最新的科学内容和实验室经验，以探究和科学标准为基础；2)需要增加科学教师队伍。技术密集型内容是广泛的新科学浪潮：基因组学、生物技术、生物信息学、综合生物学和生物伦理学。两个教师小组都学习他们的学生如何使用互联网接入和公共数据库来解决生物学问题。更广泛的影响。由于两所大学的教师培训课程在通勤距离内，该项目为该州及其他地区的其他社区学院提供了一个模式。这个项目中的俄克拉何马城公立学校提供另类教育，并且有很多未被充分代表的群体：36%的非裔美国人，6%的美洲原住民和27%的西班牙裔。“生物技术/生物信息学教师发现！”将教师候选人暴露在多样性中，并将少数民族学生招募到科学教学中。该项目为贫困、种族多样性和科学设施贫乏的学区的科学学习基础设施做出了重大贡献。

The "Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Teacher Discovery!" project responds to the call for community colleges to recognize and capitalize on their untapped influence on science teacher preparation. To identify, encourage and support prospective science teachers, this project collaborates with nearby science teacher preparation programs. Teacher candidates take part in biotechnology workshops jointly with in-service teachers, and have options for biotechnology field experiences in area science classrooms. Both teacher groups gain science content knowledge and experience with biological technologies as well as web-based technologies.Intellectual merit. The proposed project tackles major contemporary challenges: 1) the call for science teachers to gain up-to-date science content and laboratory experiences, founded on inquiry and science standards, and 2) the need to augment the science teacher pipeline. The technology-intensive content is the broad new wave of science: genomics, biotechnology, bioinformatics, integrative biology, and bioethics. Both teacher groups learn how their students can use Internet access and public databases to address biology questions.Broader impacts. With the two university teacher preparation programs within commuting distance, this project provides a model for other community colleges in the state and beyond. The Oklahoma City Public Schools sites in this project offer alternative education and are rich in underrepresented groups: 36% African Americans, 6% Native Americans, and 27% Hispanics. "Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Teacher Discovery!" exposes teacher candidates to diversity and recruits minority students into science teaching. The project makes a significant contribution to the science-learning infrastructure of a school district challenged by poverty, ethnic diversity, and meager science facilities.