CITYLAB--A BIOTECHNOLOGY LEARNING LABORATORY

CITYLAB--生物技术学习实验室

• 批准号: 2283538
• 负责人: CARL FRANZBLAU
• 金额: $ 18.81万
• 依托单位: BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-09-30 至 1997-09-14
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2283538
• 关键词: CITYLAB; BIOTECHNOLOGY; LEARNING; LABORATORY

It is well documented that high schools often lack the laboratory resources and teacher training programs necessary to present their students with modern-day hands-on science, particularly science applicable to human health. CityLab, a regional biotechnology learning laboratory, established via a Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) grant to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provides such scientific experiences for high school students and their teachers. Located in an urban medical center, CityLab has embraced a partnership of scientists and educators at Boston University with high school teachers throughout the greater Boston community and other communities in New England. CityLab has state of the art equipment, a full time high school teacher coordinator and a full time scientist, jointly providing laboratory opportunities to students and teachers on a daily basis. Since its inception, over 3,000 students, 1/3 of whom are minority, have used CityLab and over 300 teachers have been certified to lead their classes. Next year ('94-'95)is completely booked with more than 30 schools on a waiting list. Five laboratory modules are fully operable and are drawn from several of the major health disciplines such as biochemistry, cell and molecular biology, immunology and microbiology. During the next phase of SEPA, there are three broad goals: (1) Expansion, (2) Dissemination and (3) Evaluation. Expansion will include developing an additional laboratory at BUSM to alleviate the present high demand. This new facility will increase the access of CityLab to between 2,200 and 2,500 high school students annually. Expansion will also allow us to reach middle school students. CityLab's present curriculum, itself quite flexible, will be modified to meet the needs and backgrounds of these younger students. Expansion will also see the establishment of other CityLab sites or satellites, which will allow us to reach additional communities in New England, not possible or practical with our present facilities. Current CityLab curriculum will be enhanced by the development of five additional curriculum modules. CityLab will expand its teaching methodology by including multi-media interactions. Dissemination activities will include the continued distribution of the curriculum and the production of a replication manual. The establishment of a network of satellites around New England will also serve to disseminate the CityLab concept. The nationwide dissemination of the CityLab approach to other medical or health related institutions will be a major goal of this SEPA. Finally, to complement our on going internal evaluative procedures, stringent external evaluation techniques will be used to assess the impact CityLab experiences have on students' decisions to pursue higher education, especially in science. The overwhelming acceptance and use of CityLab speaks well for success. Continued support will allow for significant expansion, formal dissemination at both the regional and national levels and meaningful evaluation of its impact on students' future pursuits.

有充分的证据表明，高中往往缺乏实验室， 资源和教师培训计划，以展示他们的 学生与现代动手科学，特别是科学适用 对人类健康的影响。 CityLab是一个区域生物技术学习实验室， 通过科学教育伙伴关系奖（SEPA）拨款设立， 波士顿大学医学院（BUSM）提供了这样的科学 高中生和他们的老师的经验。位于一个 城市医疗中心，CityLab已经接受了科学家的合作， 波士顿大学的教育工作者和整个学校的高中教师 大波士顿社区和新英格兰的其他社区。CityLab拥有 最先进的设备，全职高中教师协调员 和一名全职科学家，共同提供实验室机会， 学生和老师每天都在。自成立以来，超过3000 三分之一的学生是少数民族，他们使用了CityLab， 教师已获得领导班级的认证。明年（94 - 95年） 已经被30多所学校订满了五 实验室模块是完全可操作的，并从几个 生物化学、细胞和分子生物学等主要健康学科， 免疫学和微生物学。在SEPA的下一阶段， 三大目标：（1）推广;（2）传播;（3）评价。 扩建将包括在BUSM开发一个额外的实验室， 缓解目前的高需求。这一新设施将增加 CityLab访问2，200至2，500名高中生 每年。扩展还将使我们能够接触到中学生。 城市实验室目前的课程本身相当灵活，将进行修改， 满足这些年轻学生的需求和背景。扩张将 还可以看到其他城市实验室站点或卫星的建立， 将使我们能够接触到新英格兰的其他社区，这是不可能的 或者是我们现有的设施。目前的CityLab课程将 通过开发五个额外的课程单元来加强。 城市实验室将扩展其教学方法，包括多媒体 交互.传播活动将包括继续开展 分发课程和制作复制手册。 在新英格兰周围建立卫星网络也将 以推广城市实验室的概念。在全国范围内传播 城市实验室对其他医疗或健康相关机构的做法将 这是此次SEPA的一个重要目标。最后，为了补充我们正在进行的内部 严格的外部评估技术将 用于评估CityLab体验对学生决策的影响 接受高等教育，尤其是科学教育。绝 城市实验室的接受和使用证明了它的成功。继续支持 将允许显著扩展，正式传播， 和国家一级的影响，并切实评估其对 学生未来的追求。