COLLABORATIONS TO ADVANCE UNDERSTANDING SCIENCE & ETHICS

描述（由申请人提供）： 华盛顿大学和华盛顿生物医学研究协会（WABR）为“促进理解科学和伦理的合作”（CAUSE）寻求三年的资金。CAUSE合作伙伴旨在开发教育资源，支持在中等理科学校开展生物伦理教学，包括：三个生物伦理课程单元和一个模块式伦理入门，为中等教育工作者提供的一系列暑期专业培训，与这些单元在课堂上的使用有关的服务，以及为理科教师提供的旨在提高领导能力和提供专业发展战略的额外培训和书面材料。CAUSE材料将使用真实生活场景和案例研究方法，以教授科学内容，并解决生物医学研究提出的复杂和敏感的伦理问题。通过科学和道德的整合，教师将使他们的学生能够培养质疑，研究和挑战他们收到的信息所需的关键技能。拟议的课程单位将集中在重组DNA研究，干细胞和器官移植，以及人体临床试验的伦理。最后，CAUSE方案将促进由WABR管理的成功的发言人办公室的道德组成部分的发展。CAUSE合作伙伴共同打算为科学家和教育工作者创造持续的机会，共同努力，让所有学生成为有思想、负责任和知情的公民。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): UW and the Washington Association for Biomedical Research (WABR) seek three years of funding for 'Collaborations to Advance Understanding Science and Ethics' (CAUSE). The CAUSE partners aim to develop educational resources to support the teaching of bioethics at the secondary science school level, including: three bioethics curriculum units and one modular ethics primer, a series of summer professional inservices for secondary educators related to the classroom use of the units, and additional training and written materials to promote leadership and provide professional development strategies for science teachers. The CAUSE materials will use real-life scenarios and case study approaches in order to teach science content and address the complex and sensitive ethical issues raised by biomedical research. Through integration of science and ethics, teachers will empower their students to develop critical skills needed to question, research, and challenge the information they receive. Proposed curriculum units will focus on the ethics of recombinant DNA research, stem cells and organ transplantation, and human clinical trials. Lastly, the CAUSE program will promote the development of an ethics component to the successful Speakers' Bureau managed by WABR. Together, the CAUSE partners intend to create continuing opportunities for scientists and educators to work together in preparing all students to become thoughtful, responsible, and informed citizens.