ARC: Building Awareness, Respect, and Confidence through Genetics

 描述(申请人提供)：当前基因组学革命正在改变医疗保健。让不同社区参与是释放改善人类健康机会的关键一步。哈佛医学院的个人遗传学教育项目(PgEd)告诉公众了解一个人的基因组可以带来的好处，以及相关的伦理、法律和社会影响。通过遗传学建立意识、尊重和信心(ARC)是pged与Sanford Research合作提出的一项建议，旨在缩短科学突破进入课堂的时间。总体目标是赋予所有学科的教师权力，以在高中和更广泛的社区内就个人遗传学的尖端科学和社会发展展开对话。这将通过对基因组技术的机会和社会影响的讨论，提高基因组素养，并提高认识、尊重、兴趣和信心。首先，ARC将建立一个以探究为基础、创新和跨学科的课程，重点放在遗传学、身份认同和尊重多样性上。扩展后的课程将包括跨越学术边界、反映最新和最引人注目的研究的材料。主题包括：1)性别和性别2)种族和祖先3)智力和行为4)基因编辑和基因组修改5)动物的灭绝和基因修改6)太空探索和遗传学。这些符合共同核心和NGSS标准的教学工具将改变课堂讨论，促进批判性思维，并说明科学生涯可以是研究或医学，也可以是法律、教育、历史或生物伦理学。其次，ARC创建了专业发展培训来传播我们的课程，最初是在马萨诸塞州(MA)和南达科他州(SD)的农村社区。我们的重点是培训来自缺乏服务的社区的教师，我们寻求提供高质量、有影响力的培训，鼓励协作和跨课程教学。通过培训250名教师，我们预计影响将向下渗透到学生、学校和更广泛的社区，推进我们的目标，即让参与和知情的民众准备好探索个人遗传学的好处和影响。

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The current revolution in genomics is transforming healthcare. Engaging diverse communities is a key step towards unlocking the opportunities for improving human health. The Personal Genetics Education Project (pgEd) at Harvard Medical School informs the public about the benefits that can come from knowing one's genome as well as the related ethical, legal, and social implications. Building Awareness, Respect, and Confidence through Genetics (ARC) is a proposal from pgEd in partnership with Sanford Research that aims to shorten the timeline for breakthroughs in science to make their way into the classroom. The over-arching goal is to empower teachers across all disciplines to stimulate dialogue about cutting-edge scientific and social developments in personal genetics within high schools and the broader community. This will lead to increased genomic literacy and increased awareness, respect, interest and confidence via discussion about the opportunities and societal implications of genomic technologies. First, ARC will build an inquiry-based, innovative, and transdisciplinary curriculum focusing on genetics, identity, and respect for diversity. An expanded curriculum will include materials that cross academic borders and reflect the newest and most compelling research. Topics will include: 1) sex and gender 2) race and ancestry 3) intelligence and behavior 4) gene-editing and genome modification 5) de-extinction and genetic modification of animals 6) space exploration and genetics. These Common Core and NGSS-aligned teaching tools will transform classroom discussions, promote critical-thinking, and illustrate that a career in science can be research or medicine, but also law, education, history or bioethics. Second, ARC creates professional development trainings to seed dissemination of our curriculum, initially in urban Massachusetts (MA) and rural South Dakota (SD) communities. With an emphasis on training teachers from underserved communities, we seek to provide high quality, impactful trainings that encourage collaborative and cross-curricular teaching. By training 250 teachers, we anticipate the impacts will trickle down to students, schools, and the broader community, advancing our goals of an engaged and informed populace ready to explore the benefits and implications of personal genetics.