Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience

播下神经科学的种子

• 批准号: 8328907
• 负责人: ERIC H CHUDLER
• 金额: $ 24.22万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
• 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/8328907
• 关键词: Affect; Area; Artemia; Attention; Behavioral; Biological Assay; Brain Diseases; Camping; Chemicals; Child; Communities; Daphnia; Data; Decision Making; Development; Disease; Economically Deprived Population; Economics; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Effectiveness; Elements; Emotional; Ensure; Ethical Issues; Evaluation; Focus Groups; Funding; Goals; Guidelines; Health; Health Sciences; Herb; Incidence; Interview; Invertebrates; Knowledge; Learning; Measures; Medicinal Plants; Mental Health; Mental disorders; Nature; Neuroanatomy; Neurologic; Neuropharmacology; Neurosciences; Outcome; Parents; Phase; Pheretima sieboldi; Plant Extracts; Plants; Population; Pre-Post Tests; Professional Education; Property; Publications; Research; Resource Development; Resources; School Teachers; Schools; Science; Seeds; Societies; Students; Testing; Time; Underrepresented Minority; Work; base; career; cost; design; experience; fitness; graduate student; improved; interest; meetings; middle school; neurophysiology; programs; relating to nervous system; research study; response; science education; teacher; web site

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The high incidence of neurological and mental illnesses in our society makes it likely that children will encounter someone they know who has been affected by a disease or disorder of the brain. The significant economic and emotional costs of neurological and mental illnesses make it imperative that we all understand the implications of these disorders and help people learn how to avoid the disorders and make better health decisions. The proposed project will develop, evaluate and disseminate a new neuroscience education resource for middle school students that focuses on the neuroactive properties of plants and herbs. The resource will be created to be culturally relevant and responsive to national and state guidelines for science standards. Research neuroscientists and classroom teachers will work collaboratively throughout the project to ensure the scientific accuracy and educational benefits of the materials. Teachers will attend a summer professional development workshop where they will learn to use the new resource. These teachers will then borrow kits to use with their students. In addition to the kits, the program will develop a summer camp for middle school students and a web site where materials can be downloaded and data can be shared. Formative and summative evaluation will be performed by an external evaluator to assess the effectiveness of each component of the new resource. Successful implementation of "Sowing the Seeds of Neuroscience" should improve student knowledge about neuroscience, provide teachers with new materials to use in the classroom, and encourage students to pursue career in science.

描述(申请人提供)：在我们的社会中，神经和精神疾病的发病率很高，这使得孩子们很可能会遇到他们认识的人，他已经受到了大脑疾病或障碍的影响。神经和精神疾病带来的巨大经济和情感代价使我们都必须了解这些疾病的影响，并帮助人们学习如何避免这些疾病，并做出更好的健康决定。拟议的项目将为中学生开发、评估和传播一种新的神经科学教育资源，重点是植物和草药的神经活性特性。该资源的创建将与文化相关，并响应国家和州的科学标准指导方针。研究神经学家和课堂教师将在整个项目中通力合作，以确保材料的科学准确性和教育效益。教师将参加暑期专业发展研讨会，在那里他们将学习如何使用新资源。然后，这些教师将借用工具包与他们的学生一起使用。除了这些工具包，该项目还将为中学生开发一个夏令营和一个可以下载材料和共享数据的网站。将由一名外部评估员进行形成性和总结性评价，以评估新资源各组成部分的效力。《播下神经科学的种子》的成功实施，应该会提高学生的神经科学知识，为教师提供课堂上使用的新材料，鼓励学生追求科学事业。