The MENTORS (Model Education Networks to Optimize Rural Science) Project

MENTORS（优化农村科学的模型教育网络）项目

• 批准号: 9763583
• 负责人: ROBIN S FUCHS-YOUNG
• 金额: $ 26.02万
• 依托单位: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CTR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-08-15 至 2021-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9763583
• 关键词: Administrator; Age; Aptitude; Attitude; Awareness; Basic Science; Behavior; Biomedical Engineering; Biomedical Research; Clinical Research; Communication; Communities; Critical Thinking; Data; Development; Discipline; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational workshop; Effectiveness; Engineering; Epistemology; Evaluation; Faculty; Fellowship; Fostering; Goals; Health; High School Student; Individual; Instruction; Internships; K-12 Faculty; Learning Module; Medicine; Mentors; Mentorship; Methods; Modeling; Parents; Problem Solving; Program Development; Public Health; Public Health Education; Research; Research Personnel; Rewards; Rural; STEM career; STEM field; STEM student; Schools; Science; Science Enrichment; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Scientist; Students; Teacher Professional Development; Technology; Testing; Texas; Thinking; Training; Translational Research; Universities; Work; base; biomedical scientist; career; career development; career preparation; cohesion; curriculum development; design; disorder prevention; educational atmosphere; elementary school; evidence base; experience; health disparity; healthy lifestyle; innovation; inservice teacher; instrument; interest; junior high school; learning materials; life-long learning; metacognition; model development; multidisciplinary; pedagogy; programs; public health relevance; school district; skills; success; summer institute; summer research; symposium; teacher; theories

 DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of the MENTORS (Model Education Networks to Optimize Rural Science) Project is to actualize an exportable model of development and dissemination of culturally relevant and innovative programs that stimulate interest in and enhance preparation for careers in science, technology, engineering and medicine. Integrated components that will provide mentoring and career preparation include: summer research internships, science exploration camp, Field Experiences (FEs), and innovative classroom activities for students, and a rigorous professional development (PD) program for K-12 teachers. Our project will build strong partnerships between biomedical, engineering, public health and education researchers at Texas A&M University and K-12 teachers, school/district administrators, students and parents. MENTORS focuses on school districts that are rural and have a high proportion of students who are underserved and/or underrepresented in science and medicine. Such districts often lack programs to optimally prepare students for STEM careers. The multi-disciplinary Project team, which includes experts in biomedical, health disparities and biomedical engineering research as well as K-12 educational theory, curriculum development and evaluation, will work with classroom teachers to develop innovative, career based, educational modules focused on 21st century skills. The Specific Aims of the MENTORS Project are: 1. To provide authentic research and field experiences (FEs) for elementary, middle and high school students, designed to enhance STEM education and stimulate interest in and pursuit of a broad variety of science, technology, engineering and health-related careers. 2. To engage a network of K-12 teachers and biomedical, public health, biomedical engineering and educational researchers to develop learner-centered, career focused educational modules that will attract and motivate students, particularly those who are traditionally underrepresented in science, medicine and technology. 3. To provide rigorous professional development for K-12 teachers in TX, through an established and impactful Summer Institute (SI). All activities and products will be extensively evaluated using a mixed methods approach, with a variety of instruments designed to collect and analyze the most pertinent data. These will assess the effectiveness of the model as a whole, and of the components, in achieving the objectives of enhancing student interest and developing the skills needed for educational and career success.

 描述(由申请者提供)：Mentors(优化农村科学的模范教育网络)项目的目标是实施一种可输出的发展和传播与文化相关的创新项目的模式，以激发人们对科学、技术、工程和医学职业的兴趣并为其做好准备。将提供指导和职业准备的综合组成部分包括：暑期研究实习、科学探索营、实地体验(FES)和学生创新课堂活动，以及针对K-12教师的严格专业发展(PD)计划。我们的项目将在德克萨斯A&M大学的生物医学、工程、公共卫生和教育研究人员与K-12教师、学校/学区管理人员、学生和家长之间建立牢固的伙伴关系。Mentors专注于农村地区的学区，这些学区的学生在科学和医学领域的服务不足和/或代表性不足的比例很高。这些学区往往缺乏让学生为STEM职业生涯做好最佳准备的计划。多学科项目团队包括生物医学、健康差距和生物医学工程研究以及K-12教育理论、课程开发和评估方面的专家，将与课堂教师合作，开发专注于21世纪技能的创新、基于职业的教育模块。导师计划的具体目标是：1.为小学生、初中生和高中生提供真实的研究和实地体验(FES)，旨在加强STEM教育，激发人们对各种科学、技术、工程和健康相关职业的兴趣和追求。2.利用K-12教师和生物医学、公共卫生、生物医学工程学和教育研究人员组成的网络，开发以学习者为中心、以职业为重点的教育单元，以吸引和激励学生，特别是那些在科学、医学和技术领域传统上代表性不足的学生。3.通过一个成熟和有影响力的暑期学院(SI)，为德克萨斯州的K-12教师提供严格的专业发展。所有活动和产品都将使用混合方法进行广泛评估，并使用各种工具收集和分析最相关的数据。这些评估将评估该模式的整体和各组成部分在实现提高学生兴趣和发展教育和职业成功所需技能的目标方面的有效性。