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)寻求为期三年的资金，以促进对科学和伦理的理解(事业)。该事业的合作伙伴旨在开发教育资源，以支持中等科学学校的生物伦理学教学，其中包括：三个生物伦理学课程单元和一个单元伦理入门读本，为中学教育工作者提供与这些单元的课堂使用有关的一系列暑期专业课程，以及额外的培训和书面材料，以促进领导能力和为科学教师提供专业发展战略。原因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。通过科学和伦理的融合，教师将使他们的学生能够发展质疑、研究和挑战他们收到的信息所需的关键技能。拟议的课程单元将专注于重组DNA研究、干细胞和器官移植以及人类临床试验的伦理问题。最后，该事业方案将促进WABR管理的成功演讲者局道德部分的发展。这项事业的合作伙伴打算为科学家和教育工作者创造持续的机会，让他们共同努力，让所有学生成为有思想、有责任感和有见识的公民。

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.