An informal learning model of genetic and genomic education for adult, bilingual learners

成人双语学习者遗传和基因组教育的非正式学习模式

• 批准号: 1612616
• 负责人: Joanne Sandberg
• 金额: $ 289.72万
• 依托单位: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-01 至 2022-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1612616&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: informal; learning; model; genetic; genomic

The overall goal of this project is to develop and evaluate a community model of informal genomic education that is culturally and educationally appropriate for low-literacy Latino adults born in Mexico and Central America (MCA). The community engagement strategy and materials created will be designed to lead to three learning outcomes: increased interest and engagement with genomics, change in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) attitudes and self-identity, and increased understanding about gene function and the human genome. The model created in this project will have the potential to inform other educational efforts, nationally.Semi-structured in-depth interviews will be conducted in Spanish with 60 MCA Latinos to delineate beliefs and knowledge about genetic and genomic concepts and transmission of traits. Interview transcripts will be systematically analyzed to identify explanations about trait transmission, and familiarity with genetic and genomic concepts. Variation in responses across geographic and cultural regions will be noted. Knowledge from this analysis will be used to develop a meaningful community-based learning program about genomics. Lay community educators will facilitate informal learning with MCA adults about genetics and genomics, including gene-environment interactions. This project will use information about environmental exposures (e.g., residential pesticides) as a vehicle to pique participants' interest and illustrate genetic and genomic content. It will compare outcomes for 100 participants who receive practical strategies only to reduce negative and increase positive environmental exposures, respectively, to 100 participants who also receive genetic and genomic content. The strategy and materials will be disseminated through journal articles and presentations at meetings that focus on informal STEM education. The process and content will be rigorously evaluated throughout the project.This project is funded by the Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL) program, which seeks to advance new approaches to, and evidence-based understanding of, the design and development of STEM learning in informal environments. This includes providing multiple pathways for broadening access to and engagement in STEM learning experiences, advancing innovative research on and assessment of STEM learning in informal environments, and developing understandings of deeper learning by participants.

该项目的总体目标是开发和评估非正式基因组教育的社区模式，该模式在文化和教育上适合于出生在墨西哥和中美洲（MCA）的低识字率拉丁美洲成年人。社区参与战略和创建的材料将被设计为导致三个学习成果：增加对基因组学的兴趣和参与，改变科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）的态度和自我认同，以及增加对基因功能和人类基因组的理解。 在这个项目中创建的模型将有可能通知其他教育工作，nationals.Semi-structured深入访谈将在西班牙语进行与60 MCA拉丁美洲人，以描绘信仰和知识的遗传和基因组的概念和传输的特点。访谈记录将被系统地分析，以确定有关性状传递的解释，以及对遗传和基因组概念的熟悉程度。将注意到不同地理和文化区域的反应差异。从这一分析中获得的知识将用于开发一个有意义的基于社区的基因组学学习计划。非专业社区教育工作者将促进与MCA成人关于遗传学和基因组学的非正式学习，包括基因与环境的相互作用。本项目将使用有关环境暴露的信息（例如，住宅杀虫剂）作为一种载体，激发参与者的兴趣，并说明遗传和基因组的内容。它将比较100名参与者的结果，这些参与者分别接受了减少负面和增加正面环境暴露的实用策略，以及100名参与者也接受了遗传和基因组内容。 该战略和材料将通过期刊文章和在以非正式STEM教育为重点的会议上的介绍进行传播。该项目由推进非正式STEM学习（AISL）计划资助，旨在推进非正式环境中STEM学习设计和开发的新方法和基于证据的理解。这包括提供多种途径，以扩大获得和参与STEM学习经验，推进非正式环境中STEM学习的创新研究和评估，以及发展参与者对深入学习的理解。

项目成果

Study of an Educational Telenovela to Teach Genomics among Latino Farmworkers and Nonfarmworkers: Lessons Learned

一部向拉丁裔农场工人和非农场工人教授基因组学的教育电​​视剧的研究：经验教训

• DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2022.0078
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: and Action
• 作者: Sandberg, Joanne C.;Howard, Timothy D.;Talton, Jennifer W.;Quandt, Sara A.;Mora, Dana C.;Jensen, Anna;Arcury, Thomas A.
• 通讯作者: Arcury, Thomas A.