Incorporating a course-based research experience in high school and community college courses in Southeast Nebraska

在内布拉斯加州东南部的高中和社区大学课程中融入基于课程的研究经验

• 批准号: 2202070
• 负责人: Misty Wehling
• 金额: $ 61.72万
• 依托单位: Southeast Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-07-01 至 2025-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2202070&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Incorporating; course; based; research; experience

Centered around an accessible and generally well-loved companion animal, dogs, this project will increase scientific literacy and engagement with science and technology by high school and college students and their teachers. A summer workshop for biology and agriculture teachers will focus on the content and training in laboratory techniques to implement the canine course-based research experience. Canine (K-9) kits containing all the supplies and equipment needed for the activity will be available for teachers to check out and use in their classrooms. To directly connect biotechnology to the student’s lives, students will collect DNA samples from their own pets as they engaged in the course-based research project aimed to examine the role a dog’s genes play in its social behavior. This project provides a model for supporting high school teachers, including those in resource-limited areas, as they incorporate new engaging curricula. It also serves as a model for partnering with industry and other organizations to increase awareness, knowledge, and skills related to biotechnology careers important to developing a competitive STEM workforce.This project will extend the capacity building and infrastructure established over the past five years that has led to Southeast Community College (SCC) offering three stackable credentials in biotechnology. Within the context of biotechnology, authentic research experiences developed in collaboration with industry have the potential to attract high school student interest in this high-growth field. This project will leverage existing partnerships with Nebraska’s regional bioscience industry and educational associations to expand implementation of such a research experience, offering insight into the rules of life in dogs. Ultimately, it is expected that outreach activities targeted to high school and SCC students will foster an interest in biotechnician careers in the region and greater Nebraska. Graduates from SCC’s biotechnology program will be prepared to work in a regulated environment and fill the need for middle-skilled technicians, critical to the Nebraska and global economy. This project is funded by the Advanced Technological Education program that focuses on the education of technicians for the advanced-technology fields that drive the nation's economy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

围绕一个容易接近和普遍喜爱的伴侣动物，狗，这个项目将提高科学素养和参与科学和技术的高中和大学生和他们的老师。为生物和农业教师举办的暑期讲习班将侧重于实验室技术的内容和培训，以实施以犬类课程为基础的研究经验。包含活动所需的所有用品和设备的犬（K-9）包将供教师检查和在教室中使用。为了将生物技术与学生的生活直接联系起来，学生们将在参与这项以课程为基础的研究项目时，从自己的宠物身上收集DNA样本，该项目旨在研究狗的基因在其社会行为中所起的作用。该项目提供了一个支持高中教师的模式，包括那些在资源有限的地区，因为他们纳入新的吸引人的课程。它也是与行业和其他组织合作的典范，以提高与生物技术职业相关的意识，知识和技能，这对培养有竞争力的STEM劳动力至关重要。该项目将扩展过去五年建立的能力建设和基础设施，导致东南社区学院（SCC）提供生物技术方面的三种可叠加证书。在生物技术的背景下，与工业界合作开发的真实研究经验有可能吸引高中生对这一高增长领域的兴趣。该项目将利用与内布拉斯加州区域生物科学行业和教育协会的现有合作伙伴关系，扩大此类研究经验的实施，深入了解狗的生活规则。最终，预计针对高中和SCC学生的外联活动将培养该地区和大内布拉斯加州生物技术职业的兴趣。从SCC的生物技术计划的毕业生将准备在一个受监管的环境中工作，并填补了对内布拉斯加州和全球经济至关重要的中级技术人员的需求。该项目由先进技术教育计划资助，该计划侧重于为推动国家经济的先进技术领域培养技术人员。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。