Teaching Biology Through Immunology Fellowships

通过免疫学奖学金教授生物学

• 批准号: 6666522
• 负责人: JOHN R SCHREIBER
• 金额: $ 3.43万
• 依托单位: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF IMMUNOLOGISTS
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-08-15 至 2008-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6666522
• 关键词: curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; immunology; role model; science education; secondary schools; teacher; workshop

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this program is to establish a lasting partnership among professional scientists, secondary school teachers, and curriculum specialists to develop and disseminate new curricula materials based on modern, cutting edge laboratory research in Immunology, in order to enhance science education and student participation in science courses in the United States. Specifically, this program will provide summer fellowships for secondary school teachers to work in Immunology research laboratories at various centers across the United States. This research experience will be directly linked to curriculum development so that each teacher will develop a new laboratory exercise for secondary school students. It is expected that this experience will enhance the teacher's instructional skills and scientific knowledge so that up-to-date fundamental concepts in biological sciences (especially Immunology) can be better integrated into current curricula. Since sufficient innovative exercises illustrating the fundamental principles and concepts in modern Immunology are not generally available, the teachers will be required to develop lesson plans based on their lab experience, and formulate them with the aid of curricular specialists. This program will also include the education of the mentors as to reasonable expectations for the teachers in their labs, as well as to enhance mentor scientists' attitudes regarding their role in science education reform. Mentor workshops to promote effective partnerships between the scientist and teacher will be an integral part of the AAI/teacher annual symposium in addition to workshops and presentations by the teachers and curriculum developers. By providing linkages among professional scientists, secondary school teachers and experts in curriculum development, we will foster a continuing relationship that will not only stimulate science education, but will also promote the public understanding of science and the role of basic research in improving health. The hypothesis that we will evaluate is that this research experience will engender for the teachers a renewed enthusiasm for science, which will be translated (via the vehicle of their new curricular laboratory exercises) in terms of integrated teaching of Immunology, as well as increased student interest in science courses, and the pursuit of scientific careers. Thus, we will also survey each teacher and school district previously in the program in order to determine the effect of the program on science education and student career choices.

该计划的目标是在专业科学家，中学教师和课程专家之间建立持久的合作伙伴关系，以开发和传播基于现代前沿免疫学实验室研究的新课程材料，以加强科学教育和学生参与美国的科学课程。具体而言，该计划将为中学教师提供暑期奖学金，在美国各地的免疫学研究实验室工作。这种研究经验将与课程编制直接联系起来，以便每位教师为中学生开发一种新的实验练习。预计这一经验将提高教师的教学技能和科学知识，使最新的生物科学（特别是免疫学）的基本概念可以更好地融入目前的课程。由于充分的创新练习，说明现代免疫学的基本原理和概念是不普遍可用的，教师将被要求根据他们的实验室经验制定教案，并制定他们与课程专家的帮助。该计划还将包括教育导师对其实验室教师的合理期望，以及提高导师科学家对其在科学教育改革中的作用的态度。导师研讨会，以促进科学家和教师之间的有效伙伴关系将是一个不可分割的一部分，除了研讨会和教师和课程开发人员的介绍AAI/教师年度研讨会。通过在专业科学家、中学教师和课程编制专家之间建立联系，我们将促进一种持续的关系，这种关系不仅将促进科学教育，而且还将促进公众对科学和基础研究在改善健康方面的作用的理解。我们将评估的假设是，这种研究经验将产生教师对科学的新的热情，这将被翻译（通过他们的新课程实验室练习的车辆）在免疫学的综合教学方面，以及增加学生对科学课程的兴趣，并追求科学事业。因此，我们还将调查每个教师和学区以前在该计划，以确定该计划对科学教育和学生的职业选择的影响。