Investing in the Future: Collaborative Research Experiences for Students and Teac

投资未来：学生和教师的合作研究经验

• 批准号: 8146478
• 负责人: JUDITH S BOND
• 金额: $ 13.18万
• 依托单位: PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-08-01 至 2013-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8146478
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed Collaborative Research Experiences for Students and Teachers (CREST) program addresses systemic changes needed to overcome the problem of attracting young students to science, followed by their anticipated entry into research and healthcare careers. The CREST program will focus on Harrisburg (Pennsylvania state capital) area high schools with large populations of minority students who, at present, are underrepresented in the research and healthcare arenas. The program will provide carefully selected 9th grade students (a total of 100 for the 5 years) with summer research experiences during three consecutive years of their high school education. The first two summer sessions (between the 9th and 10th and the 10th and 11th grades) will serve as an introduction to inquiry-based biomedical science and will lead to the performance of a supervised research project within research laboratories at the Penn State College of Medicine between the 11th and 12th grades. These students will be guided by College of Medicine faculty research mentors working in collaboration with undergraduate student teaching assistants from both nearby Lincoln University (a Historically Black University) and from two already established summer undergraduate research programs at the College of Medicine. These teaching assistants will further serve as role models for the high school student participants. The proposed CREST program will focus equally on high school students and science teachers (total of 20 of the latter for the 5 year period) by providing professional development programs through Summer Science Academies in which the teachers will incorporate laboratory experiences into their everyday teaching programs and earn graduate credit. The collegial relationships among the students, their high school teachers, and the research mentors will be sustained throughout the academic year by seminars, novel laboratory exercises in the high schools based on the combined experiences of the participating CREST students and teachers, and programs at the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in downtown Harrisburg. The Whitaker Center programs will be designed to celebrate the achievements of the students and their teachers, and to inform the public of advances in science and the critical role of clinical trials. External evaluators will compare outcome measures of the CREST students with those of students not participating in the CREST program. This program represents a continuing collaboration among school districts in southcentral Pennsylvania, the Penn State College of Medicine (the laboratory performance site), Penn State Harrisburg Capital College (the teacher-focused development site), Lincoln University, and several community-based organizations, including the Whitaker Center, concerned about the quality of science education. The CREST program is designed to stimulate the interest and capacity of high school students, especially those from underrepresented groups, to pursue careers in science. The program provides opportunity for science teachers to improve science teaching by updating content and pedagogy. The public will be informed of advances in biomedical and clinical research, including the concern for research ethics and protection of human participants in clinical research.

描述(由申请人提供)：拟议的学生和教师协作研究体验(CREST)计划旨在解决吸引年轻学生进入科学领域的问题所需的系统性变化，随后他们将进入研究和医疗保健职业。CREST计划将重点放在哈里斯堡(宾夕法尼亚州首府)地区的高中，那里有大量的少数民族学生，目前他们在研究和医疗保健领域的代表性不足。该计划将为精心挑选的9年级学生(5年共100人)提供连续三年的高中教育暑期研究经验。前两个暑期课程(9至10年级和10至11年级)将作为以探究为基础的生物医学科学的入门课程，并将在11至12年级期间在宾夕法尼亚州立医学院的研究实验室内进行一项受监督的研究项目。这些学生将在医学院教员研究导师的指导下，与来自附近林肯大学(历史上的黑人大学)和医学院两个已经建立的夏季本科生研究项目的本科生助教合作。这些助教将进一步成为高中生学员的榜样。拟议的CREST计划将同样关注高中生和科学教师(后者在5年内总共20人)，通过夏季科学学院提供专业发展计划，在这些计划中，教师将把实验室经验纳入他们的日常教学计划并获得研究生学分。学生、他们的高中老师和研究导师之间的大学关系将通过研讨会、高中基于参与CREST的学生和教师的综合经验的新颖实验室练习以及位于哈里斯堡市中心的惠特克科学和艺术中心的项目来维持整个学年。惠特克中心的项目将旨在庆祝学生和他们的老师取得的成就，并向公众宣传科学进步和临床试验的关键作用。外部评估者将比较CREST学生和未参加CREST计划的学生的结果衡量标准。该计划代表着宾夕法尼亚州中南部的学区、宾夕法尼亚州州立医学院(实验室绩效网站)、宾夕法尼亚州立大学哈里斯堡首都学院(以教师为重点的开发网站)、林肯大学以及包括惠特克中心在内的几个社区组织之间持续合作，关注科学教育的质量。 CREST计划旨在激发高中生的兴趣和能力，特别是那些来自代表人数不足的群体的学生，追求科学事业。该计划为科学教师提供了通过更新内容和教学方法来改进科学教学的机会。公众将了解生物医学和临床研究的进展，包括对研究伦理的关注和对临床研究中人类参与者的保护。