BIORETS: INterSPecies Interactions Research Experience (INSPIRE)

BIORETS：跨物种相互作用研究经验（INSPIRE）

• 批准号: 2240372
• 负责人: Lauren O'Connell
• 金额: $ 59.94万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-03-01 至 2026-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2240372&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: BIORETS; INterSPecies; Interactions; Research; Experience

The INterSPecies Interactions Research Experience (INSPIRE) BIORETs site award to Stanford University will create partnerships between Stanford scientists and eight public school science teachers per year for eight weeks in the summer with continued classroom support throughout the year. Three cohorts of teachers will be recruited for the summers of 2023 – 2025 for a total of 24 teachers during the award. Recruitment will focus on middle and high school teachers from the Bay Area of California with special emphasis on teachers serving large percentages of marginalized students. The goals of this program are to provide research experiences to teachers that enhance their confidence and skills in the lab with support to transfer aspects of the research experiences into their classrooms to improve student learning. Teachers will conduct research on the interactions between species, such as food web relationships or disease transmission, which are important for human health and natural ecosystems. Teachers will also participate in professional learning experiences that enhance collaboration within the cohort and application of their research to classroom settings. Participating scientists will visit classrooms to interact with and affirm students in their science learning journey. Outcomes of this project will be assessed through surveys, interviews, and assessments to determine if these authentic science experiences for teachers resulted in changes in teaching practice as well as improved learning outcomes and greater engagement for students. The Bay Area of California has tremendous wealth inequity, where enriching academic experiences are not equally available. This program will enact and inspire increased distribution of lab-based experiences for teachers and students in schools with more limited resources. Species interactions are critically important for human and ecosystem health. Preparing the next generation of scientists to understand the interdependency of species will enable the US scientific workforce to tackle some of society’s most pressing challenges, like disease, food scarcity, and biodiversity conservation. The goals of this program are to enhance teacher content and pedagogical knowledge, scientific skill sets, and confidence through authentic research experiences in Stanford University’s Department of Biology laboratories and professional learning experiences with Stanford’s Center to Support Excellence in Teaching. Ethical conduct of research and harassment prevention training are required of all project participants, including laboratory mentors. The project will use www.nsfetap.org to recruit and document participation, with targeted recruitment of teachers from districts serving majority low-income, underrepresented populations. Teachers will conduct authentic research in world-leading scientific laboratories and participate in professional learning experiences focused on developing content knowledge, pedagogy, and translating their experiences into lesson plans for their classrooms through an Education Transfer Plan. Partnering scientists will receive mentorship training and will visit these public-school classrooms to interact with teachers and students throughout the academic year. Funding includes a teacher stipend, conference travel for the teacher to present their summer research, and classroom funds to implement their Education Transfer Plans. Example research projects include ecosystem interactions like predator-prey or tree-fungi relationships, infectious disease spread like COVID-19 transmission, and how organisms adapt to climate change.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.

该INterSPecies互动研究经验（INSPIRE）BIORETs网站奖给斯坦福大学将创建斯坦福大学科学家和八个公立学校科学教师之间的伙伴关系，每年八个星期的夏季与持续的课堂支持全年。三批教师将在2023年至2025年的夏季招募，共24名教师。招聘将侧重于来自加州湾区的初中和高中教师，特别强调为大部分边缘化学生服务的教师。该计划的目标是为教师提供研究经验，增强他们在实验室的信心和技能，并支持将研究经验的各个方面转移到他们的课堂上，以改善学生的学习。教师将对物种之间的相互作用进行研究，例如食物网关系或疾病传播，这对人类健康和自然生态系统很重要。教师还将参与专业学习体验，以加强队列内的合作和他们的研究应用到课堂环境。 参与的科学家将参观教室，与学生互动，并肯定他们的科学学习之旅。该项目的成果将通过调查，访谈和评估进行评估，以确定这些教师的真实科学经验是否导致了教学实践的变化，以及改善学习成果和提高学生的参与度。加州的海湾地区存在巨大的财富不平等，丰富的学术经验并不平等。该计划将制定和激励更多的分配实验室为基础的经验，为教师和学生在学校更有限的资源。 物种间的相互作用对人类和生态系统的健康至关重要。培养下一代科学家了解物种的相互依赖性将使美国科学工作者能够应对一些社会最紧迫的挑战，如疾病，粮食短缺和生物多样性保护。该计划的目标是通过在斯坦福大学生物系实验室和斯坦福大学中心支持卓越教学的专业学习经验的真实研究经验，提高教师的内容和教学知识，科学技能和信心。所有项目参与者，包括实验室导师，都必须进行道德研究和防止骚扰培训。该项目将利用www.nsfetap.org招聘和记录参与情况，有针对性地从服务于大多数低收入、代表性不足人口的地区招聘教师。教师将在世界领先的科学实验室进行真实的研究，并参与专业的学习经验，重点是发展内容知识，教学法，并通过教育转移计划将他们的经验转化为课堂教学计划。合作的科学家将接受导师培训，并将访问这些公立学校的教室，在整个学年与教师和学生互动。资金包括教师津贴，会议旅行的教师介绍他们的夏季研究，和教室资金，以实施他们的教育转移计划。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。