PROJECT DART (DRUG ABUSE RESEACH TEAMS)

描述：（申请人摘要） 少数民族中学女生和学生及其教师 整个加州将被选中的机会， 药物滥用研究领域的深入研究和独特的伙伴关系 在这个领域的实践科学家。 将鼓励指导， 科学家、有前途的学生和 积极主动的老师 该提案的活动包括：1）一个密集的暑期研究所 让妇女和少数民族中学生以及他们的教师沿着参与 行为和生物医学领域的实践科学家， 2）协助研究所参与者进行行动研究 在他们的学校网站与他们的老师导师和参与， 学生所在地区的科学家，以及3）支持学生 在当地开展研究，并参加全国性的竞争。 补助金的次要活动将包括关于 研究过程，职业接触药物滥用研究领域，需要 卫生和科学教育改革工作之间的联系， 渐进式教学策略和内容知识改进， 高中老师 叫做D.A.R.T.项目或药物滥用研究 团队，这个项目试图安装重要的组成部分，为妇女和 少数民族有效进入科学研究领域。 研究是 明确这种关系的价值; 科学家-教师-学生，可以作为一个积极的影响非常有效 在科学领域取得更大的成功。

DESCRIPTION: (Applicant's Abstract) Secondary school women and minority students and their teachers from throughout the state of California will be selected for an opportunity for intensive study in the field of drug abuse research and a unique partnership with practicing scientists in the field. Mentorships will be encouraged and developed with this proposal; scientists, promising students and the involved, motivated teacher. The activities of the proposal include: 1) An intensive summer institute involving women and minority secondary students, along with their teachers and practicing scientists in the behavioral and biomedical fields of science, 2) Assistance for institute participants to perform action research at their school site with their teacher mentor and involvement from scientists in the students' local area, and 3) Support for students to present research in local area and enter it into a national competition. Secondary activities of the grant will include intensive instruction on the research process, career exposure to the drug abuse research field, needed connections between health and science education reform efforts, and progressive instructional strategy and content knowledge improvement for high school teachers. Called Project D.A.R.T., or Drug Abuse Research Teams, this project attempts to install important components for women and minorities effective entrance into the science research field. Research is clear that the value of this type of relationship; scientists-teacher-student, can be very effective as a positive influence for further success in the field of science.