Project NEURON (Novel Education for Understanding Research On Neuroscience)

NEURON 项目（理解神经科学研究的新颖教育）

• 批准号: 8106217
• 负责人: BARBARA HUG
• 金额: $ 26.29万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-29 至 2014-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8106217
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DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Project NEURON: Novel Education for Understanding Research On Neuroscience will bring together scientists, science educators, teachers, and students to develop and disseminate curriculum materials that connect frontier science with national and state science standards. The breadth and depth of the NIH-funded research at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC) will allow us to link cutting-edge NIH-funded neuroscience research with educational research examining how teachers and students learn. Project NEURON will also help teachers integrate the newly-developed materials into existing state curriculum frameworks to extend students' understanding of science in meaningful and engaging ways. Project NEURON fills a critical need identified in numerous documents (e.g., AAAS, 1993; CPGE, 2005; NRC, 1996; and NRC, 2007) and scholarly reports (e.g., MacNabb et al., 2006) by connecting teachers' and students' learning of science with recent scientific research findings. Using a curriculum design framework developed from current research on teaching and learning, we will develop a series of curriculum modules that link national and state science standards with neuroscience content. In doing so, we respond to the call for "science for all" (AAAS, 1989). However, educational research has shown that it is not enough to simply develop inquiry-materials; professional development for teachers needs to be included for successful use of the materials in the spirit in which they were developed (Putman & Borko, 2000). Thus, a large goal of Project NEURON is extended professional development for teachers focused on both content and pedagogical content knowledge development. The three specific aims of Project NEURON are to: Develop and disseminate curriculum modules that integrate up-to-date science research and current science standards for use in secondary science classrooms; Improve instructional practices of secondary science teachers by providing professional development for teachers and graduate students in the Neuroscience Program (NSP) and the Curriculum and Instruction (CI) graduate program focused on content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in key neuroscience ideas and basic science concepts; Improve student engagement and learning of key science concepts through inquiry-based approaches using frontier neuroscience as a context. To achieve these specific aims, we will: 1. Develop a series of curriculum modules that will include in-class materials connected to current state and national science curriculum standards using neuroscience research performed on the UIUC campus and assessment instruments to evaluate student understanding of key concepts and practices. 2. Develop an on-going series of professional development opportunities for teachers, including summer professional development institutes and professional development opportunities during the school year; and graduate students in the Neuroscience Program (NSP) and the Curriculum and Instruction (CI) graduate program. 3. Develop and implement a project evaluation that provides both formative and summative evaluation about the effectiveness of Project NEURON and a context to ask and answer research questions focusing on the teaching and learning of science. 4. Develop a dissemination mechanism that will ensure materials and findings are accessible through a Project NEURON website as well as through opportunities provided by the University of Illinois Global Campus On-line professional development effort and the University of Illinois Office of Public Engagement Office. 5. Present at science and science education conferences and submit articles in peer-reviewed journals for publication. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE (provided by applicant): By using innovative educational approaches, the NEURON project will bring neuroscience to the high school science classroom. Neuroscience research is critical for all to understand as it impacts the health and well-being of the public in a variety of ways. While neuroscience may seem to be a highly focused sub-discipline in biology, it actually embraces a range of scientific disciplines such as developmental biology, cell biology, genetics, chemistry, psychology, and research approaches, such as pharmacology, molecular biology, behavior, cell culture, and genomics. By using the context of neuroscience, we will be able to integrate key science standards and benchmarks currently taught in the middle and high school science curriculum to current research and students' everyday lives.

项目神经元：了解神经科学研究的新教育将汇集科学家，科学教育工作者，教师和学生，开发和传播课程材料，将前沿科学与国家和国家科学标准联系起来。美国国立卫生研究院资助的研究在伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳尚潘分校（UIUC）的广度和深度将使我们能够将尖端的美国国立卫生研究院资助的神经科学研究与检查教师和学生如何学习的教育研究联系起来。NEURON项目还将帮助教师将新开发的材料融入现有的国家课程框架，以有意义和吸引人的方式扩展学生对科学的理解。 NEURON项目满足了许多文件中确定的关键需求（例如，AAAS，1993年; CPGE，2005年; NRC，1996年;和NRC，2007年）和学术报告（例如，MacNabb等人，（2006），将教师和学生的科学学习与最新的科学研究成果联系起来。使用从目前的教学研究开发的课程设计框架，我们将开发一系列课程模块，将国家和州的科学标准与神经科学内容联系起来。在这样做的时候，我们响应了“科学为所有人服务”的号召（美国科学促进会，1989年）。然而，教育研究表明，仅仅开发调查材料是不够的;教师的专业发展需要包括在内，以便本着开发材料的精神成功地使用这些材料（Putman和Borko，2000年）。因此，项目神经元的一个大目标是扩大专业发展的教师集中在内容和教学内容的知识发展。NEURON项目的三个具体目标是： 开发和传播整合最新科学研究和当前 中学科学教室使用的科学标准; 通过提供专业发展，改善中学科学教师的教学实践 教师和研究生在神经科学计划（NSP）和课程和教学（CI）研究生课程侧重于内容知识和教学内容知识的关键神经科学思想和基本科学概念; 通过基于探究的方法提高学生对关键科学概念的参与和学习 使用前沿神经科学作为背景。 为达致这些具体目标，我们会： 1.开发一系列课程模块，包括与当前状态相关的课堂材料 和国家科学课程标准，使用在UIUC校园和评估工具进行神经科学研究，以评估学生对关键概念和实践的理解。 2.为教师开发一系列持续的专业发展机会，包括暑期专业发展机构和学年期间的专业发展机会;以及神经科学计划（NSP）和课程与教学（CI）研究生课程的研究生。 3.制定和实施项目评估，提供形成性和总结性评估 关于项目神经元的有效性和一个上下文来询问和回答研究问题，重点是科学的教学和学习。 4.开发一个传播机制，将确保材料和调查结果可通过项目神经元网站，以及通过伊利诺伊大学全球校园在线专业发展工作和公众参与办公室的伊利诺伊大学办公室提供的机会。 5.出席科学和科学教育会议，并在同行评审的期刊上提交文章发表。 公共卫生相关性（由申请人提供）：通过使用创新的教育方法，神经元项目将把神经科学带到高中科学课堂。神经科学研究对于所有人来说都至关重要，因为它以多种方式影响公众的健康和福祉。虽然神经科学似乎是生物学中一个高度集中的子学科，但它实际上包含了一系列科学学科，如发育生物学，细胞生物学，遗传学，化学，心理学和研究方法，如药理学，分子生物学，行为学，细胞培养和基因组学。通过使用神经科学的背景下，我们将能够整合目前在初中和高中科学课程中教授的关键科学标准和基准，以当前的研究和学生的日常生活。