ADULT SCIENCE EDUCATION--BRIDGING THE GAP

成人科学教育——弥合差距

• 批准号: 2413244
• 负责人: CARLTON K ERICKSON
• 金额: $ 17.49万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-09-30 至 1999-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2413244
• 关键词: alcoholism /alcohol abuse education; allied health education; behavioral /social science research tag; computer assisted instruction; computer human interaction; computer network; continuing education; education evaluation /planning; health care personnel education; information dissemination; interactive multimedia; meeting /conference /symposium; postgraduate education; publications; science education; training; videotape /videodisc; workshop

There is a serious information gap between science-educators performing alcohol abuse and dependency research and the adult general public. In this project we propose to develop a Texas Alcohol Education Partnership (TEAP) involving University of Texas faculty. state and national audience partners, a corporate partner, and a training partner. There are three target populations: the primary population will be those paid and unpaid counselors, degreed and/or experienced individuals ("clinicians") working in alcohol dependency treatment. These individuals require continuing education to maintain certification. The second population ("reachable public") will be those who are most impacted by alcohol abuse, alcohol dependency, and mental diseases: victims, victims' families, victims' employers, and individuals in organizations which must be aware of or deal with the consequences of these disorders (clergy, public housing, criminal justice, probation, social workers, etc.). The third population will be physicians and researchers ("scientists") working in alcohol research laboratories around the country. Instructional methods will include: lecture-style forums; dynamic, interactive symposia with a multimedia presentation format; experiential workshops in which audiences participate in video and interactive computer demonstrations; abbreviated videotape versions of the symposia and workshops, for distribution to wider audiences; and interactive computer-based programs which cover material presented in the symposia and workshops. The effectiveness of information exchange and utilization will be evaluated by pre-program and post-program questionnaires of knowledge transfer and diffusion. Attitude and behavioral instruments designed by an evaluation specialist and analyzed by a measurement specialist are key outcome tools to determine effectiveness of the project. A modular alcoholism education and evaluation program will be developed and piloted on the World Wide Web. Two innovative aspects of the TEAP will be l) an emphasis on empowering "clinicians" to teach others about new research findings (for example, chemical dependency counselors are educators of victims' families and others, since education is an important part of recovery), and 2) the training of laboratory scientists in public education and media presentation skills, through specialized workshops in NIAAA-funded research centers around the nation. In addition, graduate students in various disciplines at the University will be trained in alcohol dependence education and communication skills for talking to lay audiences. These aspects provide powerful education networking and self- replication of important skills. The TEAP will focus first on forum audiences around the nation, then on other projects in Texas and surrounding states, except for the training of scientists (in NIAAA-funded Centers) on media skills and lay-language presentations. Thus the University-based partnership will impact the public on neuroscience, alcohol abuse, addiction and mental disease information, yet have the ability to replicate its strengths through the training of scientists in other states.

科学教育工作者之间存在着严重的信息鸿沟， 酒精滥用和依赖研究以及成年公众。在 这个项目，我们建议发展得克萨斯州酒精教育合作伙伴关系， （TEAP）涉及德克萨斯大学的教师。州和全国观众 合作伙伴、企业合作伙伴和培训合作伙伴。有三 目标人群：主要人群将是那些有报酬和无报酬的人 顾问，学位和/或经验丰富的个人（“临床医生”）工作 酒精依赖治疗。这些人需要继续 教育以保持认证。第二个人口（“可达 公众”）将是那些最受酒精滥用，酒精 精神疾病：受害者、受害者家属、 雇主和组织中的个人必须了解或处理 与这些混乱的后果（神职人员，公共住房，刑事 司法、缓刑、社会工作者等）。第三个人口将是 从事酒精研究的医生和研究人员（“科学家”） 全国各地的实验室。教学方法将包括： 讲座式论坛;动态的、互动的多媒体专题讨论会 介绍形式;有听众参加的体验式讲习班 在录像和交互式计算机演示中;缩略录像带 研讨会和讲习班的各种版本， 观众;和互动的计算机为基础的节目，其中包括材料 在研讨会和讲习班上提出。信息的有效性 交流和利用将通过项目前和项目后进行评估 知识转移和传播的问卷调查。态度和 由评估专家设计并分析的行为工具 测量专家提供的测量工具是确定 项目的有效性。模块化的酗酒教育， 将在万维网上制定和试行一个评价方案。 技经评估组的两个创新方面将是： “临床医生”向其他人传授新的研究发现（例如， 化学依赖咨询师是受害者家庭的教育者， 其他，因为教育是恢复的重要组成部分），以及2） 在公共教育和媒体中培训实验室科学家 演讲技巧，通过在NIAAA资助的专业讲习班 全国各地的研究中心。此外，研究生 大学的各个学科都将接受酒精培训 依赖教育和沟通技巧， 受众这些方面提供了强大的教育网络和自我- 复制重要技能。技经评估组将首先侧重于论坛 全国各地的观众，然后在得克萨斯州的其他项目， 周边国家，除了科学家的培训（在NIAAA资助 中心）的媒体技能和非专业语言演示。因此 以大学为基础的伙伴关系将影响公众对神经科学， 酗酒、成瘾和精神疾病的信息，但 通过培训科学家， 其他国家。