MIDAS PROJECT/MODEL/IMPLEMENTATION/DISSEMINATION/EHS

描述（由申请人提供）： UT MD安德森癌症中心（UTMDACC）的环境疾病研究中心（CRED）正在申请一项为期五年的第一阶段和第二阶段联合项目的资金，以启动一项环境健康和科学教育的全面综合传播和实施计划。第一阶段包括制定一项实施计划，将环境健康和科学模块纳入示范学校系统现有的K-12课程。第二阶段包括继续和扩大一个面向K-12教育工作者的全州教师培训机构。实施模式包括整合新的环境健康和科学教育模块，并通过系列研讨会，实地考察计划和学生项目丰富课程。所有活动和模块都通过适合年龄的研究和教育主题进行协调。这些要素将主题交织到现有的课程框架，旨在超过全州的学术要求。基本概念基础是在学校提供一个自我维持的综合课程，利用现有的当地和可获得的资源和基础设施。该系列研讨会将包括来自该领域专家的环境健康和科学问题的平衡介绍，包括来自许多地方和国家机构以及领先的生物医学研究机构的代表。实地考察教育场所，公园，设施，博物馆和大学将吸引学生并加强环境健康和科学课程。第二阶段传播计划将通过引入新的教育模块和材料，作为K-12环境健康和科学教育综合实施模式的课程基础。环境健康科学暑期研究所（暑期研究所）将为德克萨斯州的教师提供双语环境健康和科学培训和教育，从而为75，000多名学生提供更好的课堂学习。这种改善环境卫生和科学教育的专业发展模式将用于传播由美国几个领先的科学研究机构开发的新的和创新的课程材料。形成性和总结性分析将用于衡量全州范围内传播环境健康科学课程材料的有效性和综合K-12实施模式的发展。科学和教育咨询委员会将监测项目的进展情况，提供指导性援助并确定资源。在当今社会，充分了解环境暴露对人类健康的影响的挑战日益复杂。该项目旨在提高教师和学生对环境卫生和科学的理解，使他们能够就环境和健康问题作出知情的决定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Research on Environmental Disease (CRED) of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) is requesting funding for a five year combined Phase I and Phase II project to launch a fully integrated dissemination and implementation program of environmental health and science education. Phase I includes development of an implementation plan that integrates environmental health and science modules across existing K-12 curriculum in a model school system. Phase II includes continuation and expansion of a statewide teacher training institute for K-12 educators. The implementation model includes integration of new environmental health and science education modules and curricular enrichment through a seminar series, a field trip program and student projects. All activities and modules are coordinated through age-appropriate research and educational themes. These elements will be thematically interwoven into the existing curricular framework and are designed to exceed statewide scholastic requirements. The underlying conceptual basis is to provide a self-sustaining, integrated curriculum in the schools that utilizes existing local and accessible resources and infrastructure. The seminar series will include a balanced presentation of environmental health and science issues from experts in the field including representatives from many local and state agencies and leading biomedical research institutions. Field trips to educational sites, parks, facilities, museums, and universities will engage students and reinforce environmental health and science lessons. The Phase II dissemination program will serve as a curricular foundation for the integrated K-12 implementation model of environmental health and science education by introducing new educational modules and materials. The Environmental Health Sciences Summer Institute (Summer Institute), will provide bilingual environmental health and science training and education to Texas teachers resulting in enhanced classroom learning for more than 75,000 students. This professional development paradigm for improving environmental health and science education will be used to disseminate new and innovative curricular materials developed by several of the nation's leading science research institutions. Formative and summative analyses will be used to measure the effectiveness of statewide dissemination of environmental health science curricular materials and the development of the integrated K-12 implementation model. Scientific and educational advisory boards will monitor the progress of the project, provide directional assistance and identify resources. In today's society the challenge of fully understanding the impact of environmental exposures on human health continues to increase in complexity. This project seeks to improve the understanding of environmental health and science by teachers and their students and enable both to make informed decisions about the environment and their health.