Minority K-12 Initiative for Teachers and Students (MKI*

针对教师和学生的少数族裔 K-12 计划 (MKI*

• 批准号: 7118962
• 负责人: ROBERT LAWRENCE KAMAN
• 金额: $ 26.37万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-22 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7118962
• 关键词: Hispanic Americans; career; clinical research; culture; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; educationally disadvantaged; health disparity; interview; schools; science education; teacher; training; university; vocational guidance; workshop

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The University of North Texas Health Science Center - Fort Worth (UNTHSC) Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and School of Public Health will implement a NHLBI MKITS program in collaboration with the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD). Joining in the collaboration is the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, and the North Side Partners Council, a community agency. The MKITS program will target a predominantly Hispanic elementary, middle and high school strand of a pyramid, whose schools have been Adopt-A-School partners with the UNTHSC for over twenty years. UNTHSC faculty and students will provide science education components to school children in grades K-12, with special emphasis on grades 4-11. School children will earn an opportunity to attend summer science boot camps, join junior medic and scientist clubs, and engage in academic year high school preceptorships at the UNTHSC campus. Families will attend bi-lingual family night meetings at the North Side Partners Council facilities, and at the Museum, to join in the learning process about opportunities in the biomedical sciences and about science activities available to their children. Teams of teachers and graduate assistants will attend a week-long TOOLS Course designed to provide new techniques for teaching science, and then join during the academic year to present science experiments in the classroom. Teachers will be encouraged to apply for summer research internships at the UNTHSC, funded through an ongoing State of Texas Biotechnology Research Program. UNTHSC graduate, public health and medical students will conduct weekend academies, serve as tutors and mentors to school children in grades 4-12, judge science fair projects, and discuss career paths available to school children in the biomedical sciences. The program will be evaluated for improvements in standardized test score performance, selection of college preparatory curriculum, and ultimately, college applications and enrollments by both an internal and external evaluator.

描述(由申请人提供)：北得克萨斯大学沃斯堡健康科学中心(UNTHSC)生物医学研究生院和公共卫生学院将与沃斯堡独立学区(FWISD)合作实施NHLBI MKITS计划。沃斯堡科学与历史博物馆和社区机构北区伙伴委员会也加入了合作。MKITS计划将针对金字塔中以西班牙裔为主的小学、初中和高中，其学校与UNTHSC合作已有20多年。UNTHSC的教职员工和学生将向K-12年级的学童提供科学教育内容，重点是4-11年级。在校学生将有机会参加夏季科学新兵训练营，加入初级医生和科学家俱乐部，并在UNTHSC校园参加学年的高中教师培训。家庭将参加在北侧伙伴委员会设施和博物馆举行的双语家庭之夜会议，以参与学习生物医学科学机会和他们的孩子可开展的科学活动的过程。教师和研究生助理团队将参加为期一周的工具课程，旨在提供教授科学的新技术，然后在学年期间加入，在课堂上展示科学实验。将鼓励教师申请UNTHSC的暑期研究实习，该实习由德克萨斯州正在进行的生物技术研究计划提供资金。UNTHSC研究生、公共卫生和医学生将举办周末学院，担任4-12年级学童的导师和导师，评判科学博览会项目，并讨论学童在生物医学科学方面的职业道路。该计划将由内部和外部评估员在标准化考试成绩表现、大学预科课程选择以及最终大学申请和入学方面的改进进行评估。