The Learning Brain - Interactive Inquiry for Teachers and Students

学习大脑-师生互动探究

• 批准号: 8255167
• 负责人: NANCY P MORENO
• 金额: $ 27万
• 依托单位: BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2011-09-15 至 2016-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8255167
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Our understanding is advancing rapidly of brain function; the interplay of genes and environment; the impacts of alcohol, nicotine, other drugs and environmental toxins on the brain; and neurodevelopment and aging. Yet, today's students are ill equipped to apply this new knowledge to improve their own lives or those of their peers or families. Baylor College of Medicine and project partners will develop, evaluate and disseminate new science and health teaching resources for elementary school audiences, focused on emerging areas in neuroscience aligned with the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research. The project will target grades K-5, because 1) few up-to-date, neuroscience teaching materials are available for these grades, and 2) early grades are critical in the development of healthy behaviors and skills to enable future access to science careers. We build on successful NIH-funded curriculum projects, including a middle school initiative focused on neuroscience and an elementary model for integrating environment, health and reading. The project will be evaluated in schools with high enrollments of underrepresented minority and economically disadvantaged students. Specific aims are to 1) recruit and support a national team of teacher leaders, who will work together and with scientists, clinicians and educators to guide development of three neuroscience supplementary curriculum modules, designed to provide 3-6 weeks of inquiry-based instruction in school or informal learning settings, with connections to reading/language arts; 2) successively field test each curriculum module and supporting materials, in collaboration with project partners, using a well-matched comparison group study design; 3) revise the modules and supporting materials based on field-test outcomes; and develop web-based tools-such as forums, streaming video lesson demonstrations and downloadable teaching materials-to create a dynamic, web-based curricular and teacher professional development resource; and 4) disseminate the curriculum and related resources-lesson demonstrations, teacher professional development sessions, and student activities and materials-via the established, high traffic websites, BioEd Online (www.bioedonline.org) and K8 Science (www.k8science.org), and through other, more traditional pathways to reach national audiences with high quality, low-cost science teaching resources. The project has potential to reach 1.7 million teachers and more than 19 million students in grades K-5. All aspects of the project will be evaluated, both formatively and summatively, to gauge the quality and effectiveness with which project components are delivered and implemented, and the overall value of the experiences provided to teachers and students. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: The project will advance public understanding of the significance of basic, clinical and translational neuroscience research. Proposed activities will engage elementary school audiences in educational activities that have potential to improve science and health learning among underrepresented and economically disadvantaged students, and to promote their interest in and preparedness for biomedical careers.

描述（由申请人提供）：我们的理解正在迅速发展大脑功能；基因和环境的相互作用；酒精，尼古丁，其他药物和环境毒素对大脑的影响；以及神经发育和衰老。然而，今天的学生不足以运用这种新知识来改善自己的生活或同龄人或家庭的生活。贝勒医学和项目合作伙伴将开发，评估和传播针对小学受众的新科学和健康教学资源，该教学的重点是与神经科学研究的NIH蓝图一致的神经科学的新兴地区。该项目将针对K-5年级，因为1）这些等级很少有最新的神经科学教学材料，而2）早期年级对于发展健康行为和技能的发展至关重要，以使未来的科学职业获得未来的机会。我们以成功的NIH资助课程项目为基础，包括一项针对神经科学的中学计划，以及用于整合环境，健康和阅读的基本模型。该项目将在有代表性不足的少数群体和经济不利的学生中入学率高的学校进行评估。具体目的是1）招募和支持一个由教师领导者组成的国家团队，他们将共同努力，并与科学家，临床医生和教育工作者一起指导三个神经科学补充课程模块的开发，旨在在学校或非正式的学习环境中提供3-6周的基于询问的教学，并与阅读/语言艺术联系； 2）使用匹配良好的比较小组研究设计，与项目合作伙伴合作，将每个课程模块和支持材料连续测试； 3）根据现场测试结果修改模块和支持材料；并开发基于Web的工具，例如论坛，流式视频课程演示和可下载的教材创建动态的，基于网络的课程和教师专业发展资源； 4）分发课程和相关资源的演示，教师专业发展会议以及学生活动和材料 - 既定的，高流量的网站，Bioed Online（www.bioedonline.org）和K8 Science（www.k8science.org），通过其他，更多的传统的传统途径，以高质量的科学，低级科学，降低了国民的传统途径。该项目有可能吸引170万教师，并有超过1900万名K-5年级的学生。将对项目的所有方面进行表达和总结地评估项目组件交付和实施项目组件的质量和有效性，以及提供给教师和学生的经验的总体价值。 公共卫生相关性：该项目将提高公众对基本，临床和转化神经科学研究的重要性的理解。拟议的活动将吸引小学的受众参加教育活动，这些活动有可能改善代表性不足和经济不利的学生的科学和健康学习，并促进他们对生物医学职业的兴趣和准备。