ADULT SCIENCE EDUCATION--BRIDGING THE GAP

成人科学教育——弥合差距

• 批准号: 3451409
• 负责人: CARLTON K ERICKSON
• 金额: $ 10.8万
• 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 1995-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3451409
• 关键词: alcoholism /alcohol abuse education; drug abuse education; drug addiction; education evaluation /planning; information dissemination; meeting /conference /symposium; mental disorders; substance abuse related disorder; videotape /videodisc; workshop

The establishment of a Texas Addiction Science Education Center (TASEC) at the University will fill a void in bridging the information gap between educators/scientists performing ADAMHA-related activities and the adult general public. This will be done by setting up partnerships among University faculty, the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and the non-profit media-oriented Alcoholism and Drug Research Communications Center. The target population will be those who are most impacted by chemical abuse, addictive 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, counselors, etc.). Methods of instruction will include: dynamic, interactive symposia with a multimedia presentation format; experimental workshops in which audiences participate in video and interactive computer demonstrations; abbreviated videotape versions of the symposia and workshops, for distribution to wider audiences; continuing education reviews, sometimes with accompanying videotape packages for those who require professional accreditation; 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 designed by a science education evaluation specialist, and by 1-, 2-, and 3-year follow-ups of selected participants. Two innovative aspects of the TASEC will be 1) an emphasis on empowering select audiences to teach others about new research findings (addiction counselors are usually educators of victims' families, since education is an important part of recovery), and 2) training laboratory scientists in public education and media presentation skills, through specialized workshops in Austin and ADAMHA-funded research centers around the nation. These aspects provide powerful education networking and self-replication of important skills which already exist at the University. The TASEC will focus on Texas audiences, except for training of other scientists on media skills and lay-language presentation. Thus the University-based center will highly impact the citizens of Texas on neuroscience, chemical abuse, addiction and mental diseases, yet have the ability to replicate its strengths through the training of scientists in other states. The commitment of the state of Texas is illustrated by the University's commitment to the principal investigator and co-investigators' salaries and release time, and by partially-matched funding for the TASEC by the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.

德克萨斯州成瘾科学教育中心 (TASEC) 成立 大学将填补信息空白 进行 ADAMHA 相关活动的教育工作者/科学家和成人 广大公众。 这将通过建立伙伴关系来完成 大学教师、德克萨斯州酒精和药物滥用委员会，以及 以非营利媒体为导向的酗酒和药物研究通讯 中心。 目标人群将是受影响最严重的人群 化学滥用、成瘾和精神疾病：受害者、受害者 家庭、受害者的雇主和组织中的个人，这些组织必须 意识到或处理这些疾病的后果（神职人员、 公共住房、刑事司法、缓刑、社会工作者、辅导员、 ETC。）。 教学方法包括：动态、互动的研讨会 具有多媒体演示格式；实验研讨会，其中 观众参与视频和交互式计算机演示； 研讨会和讲习班的缩略录像带版本， 向更广泛的受众分发；继续教育评论，有时 为那些需要专业知识的人提供随附的录像带包 认可；以及基于计算机的交互式程序，其中涵盖 研讨会和讲习班上介绍的材料。 的有效性 信息交换和利用将通过预计划和 由科学教育评估设计的项目后调查问卷 专家，并对选定的参与者进行 1 年、2 年和 3 年的随访。 TASEC 的两个创新方面是 1) 强调赋权 选择受众向其他人传授新的研究成果（成瘾 辅导员通常是受害者家庭的教育者，因为教育是 恢复的重要组成部分），以及2）培训实验室科学家 通过专门的公共教育和媒体演示技能 在奥斯汀和 ADAMHA 资助的全国各地研究中心举办研讨会。 这些方面提供了强大的教育网络和自我复制 大学已有的重要技能。 TASEC 将 除了对其他科学家进行媒体培训外，重点关注德克萨斯州的受众 技能和通俗语言演示。 因此，以大学为基础的中心 将对德克萨斯州公民的神经科学、化学滥用、 成瘾和精神疾病，但有能力复制其 通过在其他州培训科学家来增强优势。 这 德克萨斯州的承诺体现在大学的 对主要研究者和共同研究者的工资的承诺 和发布时间，以及 TASEC 的部分匹配资金 德克萨斯州酒精和药物滥用委员会。