INTEGRATING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE IN RURAL SCHOOL

将环境健康科学融入农村学校

• 批准号: 7114306
• 负责人: LARRY JOHNSON
• 金额: $ 26.05万
• 依托单位: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2000
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2000-09-01 至 2008-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7114306
• 关键词: Internet; continuing education; curriculum; education evaluation /planning; educational resource design /development; environmental health; human subject; information dissemination; interactive multimedia; learning; rural area; science education; secondary schools; teacher

The long-term goal is to develop an engaging model for integrating environmental health science into math, English language arts, social studies, and science of rural grades 6-8. Rural is emphasized because of public concern for increased numbers of environmentally-related diseases in rural Texas (birth defects, lead poisoning, etc.). Rural schools are less likely than metropolitan schools to receive state of the art information on environmental health, but may need it most. Rural schools have less interaction with college professors that might influence their career choices. Middle school was chosen as it is the prime developmental period for social skills and is central to channeling young adolescents into the mainstream of American life by making vast improvements In their academic and personal competence (and resulting societal contribution). It is the most powerful venue to ensure our nation's leadership in math and science, but this period has received little education reform in recent years. Environmental health information and research experiences provided by faculty from the Center for Environmental and Rural Health will be integrated into the four disciplines by the College of Education and disseminated into rural settings via existing mass media distant learning methods and professional teacher development programs through the Texas Rural Systemic Initiative. The scientist-teacher approach will direct faculty human interface within public schools. The specific aims are: 1) to integrate existing environmental health materials/issues into engaging multimedia learning materials tailored for rural middle school students [develop integrated curricula (math, English, social studies, and science) transmitted to public schools via currently established and popular Internet Web sites]; 2) to provide professional teacher development programs [(develop/execute short courses for teams of teachers from the same school) that integrate implementing Web-based environmental health science curriculum units that enhance teachers' awareness of environmental health problems and solutions]; and 3) to provide a human interface and online interaction to establish partnerships among middle school and scientists directly (faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates visit and present environmental health issues and the excitement of conducting research to public school students directly or online). Through information on new discoveries and integration of local /rural environmental health themes, the knowledge that certain behaviors/situations increase risk of human disease and that basic research is needed to improve public health will be publicized. Important rural environmental health science themes integrated across disciplines will help reduce barriers to learning, improved enthusiasm and ownership for learning, and improved overall academic performance. A greater depth of understanding of how the environment interacts with individual age and susceptibility to impact human health through the proposed educational themes that arch disciplines will reduce the burden of human illness or dysfunction from environmental influences.

长期目标是开发一个引人入胜的模型，将环境健康科学纳入数学，英语艺术，社会研究和农村6-8年级的科学。由于公众对德克萨斯州农村地区与环境相关疾病数量增加的关注（先天缺陷，铅中毒等），因此强调了农村。乡村学校比大都市学校获得有关环境健康的最先进信息的可能性较小，但最需要它。农村学校与可能影响其职业选择的大学教授的互动较少。选择中学是因为它是社交技能的主要发展时期，并且是通过对学术和个人能力的广泛改善（以及由此产生的社会贡献）进行广泛改善，这是将年轻青少年引导到美国生活主流的核心。它是确保我们国家在数学和科学领域领导领导地位的最有力的场所，但是近年来，这一时期几乎没有得到教育改革。由教育学院通过现有的大众媒体遥远的学习方法和德克萨斯州农村系统性的倡议将环境和农村卫生中心教师提供的环境健康信息和研究经验将被纳入四个学科。科学家教师的方法将指导公立学校内的教师界面。 具体目的是：1）将现有的环境健康材料/问题整合到为农村中学生量身定制的多媒体学习材料[开发综合课程（数学，英语，社会研究和科学）通过当前建立和流行的互联网网站传播给公立学校的综合课程]； 2）提供专业的教师发展计划（（开发/执行来自同一学校的教师团队的简短课程），以整合实施基于Web的环境健康科学课程单元，以增强教师对环境健康问题和解决方案的认识]； 3）提供人类界面和在线互动，以直接在中学和科学家之间建立合作伙伴关系（教职员工，研究生和本科生访问和介绍环境健康问题，以及直接或直接或在线向公立学校学生进行研究的兴奋）。通过有关新发现的信息和当地 /农村环境健康主题的整合，将公开某些行为 /情况会增加人类疾病的风险以及改善公共卫生的基础研究的知识。跨学科融合的重要农村环境健康科学主题将有助于减少学习的障碍，改善学习的热情和学习所有权，并提高整体学习成绩。对环境如何与个体年龄相互作用以及通过提出的教育主题影响人类健康的敏感性的深入了解，拱门学科将减少人类疾病的负担或环境影响的功能障碍。