ATMOSPHERIC AND MARINE-BASED INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING

描述(摘自申请人的摘要) 迈阿密-戴德县有超过210万人口。民族多样性 是广泛的，人口中52%是西班牙裔，34%是非裔美国人， 13%的白人，1%的美国印第安人/亚洲人/其他人。就像任何这样的社区一样 复杂性，有重大的环境健康问题令人担忧 社区和政府。迈阿密-戴德县公立学校系统是 这是全国第四大学区，有超过35万名学生， 其中超过93,000名学生在9-12年级。有很大的需求 在公立高中系统内让学生参与研究 科学家和社区成员以跨学科的方法研究 了解当地的环境健康科学问题。 拟议的环境项目(大气和海洋跨学科 环境健康科学培训)是一种系统的环境方法 健康科学教育。重点围绕以下四个环境主题 空气、水、土壤和食物，以健康科学问题为基础的学习方法 将由训练有素的教师向不同种族的 迈阿密-戴德县的高中生。老师们将共同努力， 通过亲身实践提高对环境和道德问题的理解 与佛罗里达迈阿密大学的研究科学家一起举办暑期研讨会 国际大学和县卫生局。最佳实践 来自现有环境课程的材料将被组合在一起用于 训练。该项目的一个重要重点将是提供团队 将跨学科活动融入课程的教学策略 高中生人数超过35人的大班。 该项目是以三位非常成功的环境教师为榜样的 培训模型、GLOBAL、INSTAR和SECME夏季学院，并绘制了 每一个都是最好的。课堂活动和评估工具将 由耶稣会惠灵教育技术中心成立 进入一个类似于NASA的以问题为基础的学习网站 《探索环境》系列。布朗大学教育联盟 将为项目提供形成性和终结性评估。 该项目满足了优先级8.2所定义的健康人的需求 2000年：教育和以社区为基础的计划，这将增加高 学校完成率达到90%，特别是西班牙裔和 美国黑人学生。

DESCRIPTION (Taken from the Applicant's Abstract) Miami-Dade County is home to more than 2.1 million people. Ethnic diversity is extensive, with a population that is 52% Hispanic, 34% African American, 13% White, and 1% American Indian/Asian/Other. As with any community of this complexity, there are significant environmental health issues of concern to the community and government. The Miami-Dade County Public School System is the fourth largest district in the country with more than 350,000 students, more than 93,000 of which are in grades 9-12. There is significant need within the public high school system to involve students with research scientists and members of the community in an interdisciplinary approach to learning about local environmental health science issues. The proposed AMBIENT Project (Atmospheric and Marine-Based Interdisciplinary ENvironmental Health Science Training) is a systemic approach to environmental health science education. Focused around the four environmental themes of air, water, soil and food, a health-science problem-based learning approach will be delivered by trained teachers to the ethnically diverse population of high school students in Miami-Dade County. The teachers will work together to enhance understanding of environmental and ethical issues through a hands-on summer workshop with research scientists from the University of Miami, Florida International University, and County Department of Health. Best practices from existing environmental curriculum materials will be assembled for use in the training. An important emphasis of the project will be to provide team teaching strategies for incorporating interdisciplinary activities into the large classes of more than 35 students at the high schools. The project is modeled after three highly successful environmental teacher training models, GLOBE, INSTAR, and the SECME Summer Institutes, and draws the best from each. Classroom activities and assessment tools will be incorporated by the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling, Jesuit University, into a problem-based learning web site similar to the NASA "Exploring the Environment" series. The Brown University Education Alliance will provide formative and summative assessment of the project. This project addresses the need defined by Priority 8.2 of Healthy People 2000: Educational and Community-Based Programs, which is to increase high school completion rates to 90 percent, especially with regard to Hispanic and Black American students.