A Computer-based, Student-Centered Middle-School Approach to One Health Learning

一种基于计算机、以学生为中心的中学健康学习方法

• 批准号: 10225444
• 负责人: Julie Harlin
• 金额: $ 26.67万
• 依托单位: TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE RESEARCH
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-08-24 至 2023-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10225444
• 关键词: Animals; Architecture; Biological Sciences; Biology; Case Study; Cellular biology; Clinical Trials; Communicable Diseases; Competence; Computer software; Computers; Coping Skills; Course Content; Development; Disadvantaged; Ecology; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Effectiveness; Environmental Health; Face; Faculty; Faculty Workshop; Feedback; Funding; Future Teacher; Geography; Health; Health Professional; Health Sciences; Hispanics; Histology; Human; Individual; Instruction; Internet; Lead; Learning; Life; Link; Methods; Middle School Faculty; Middle School Student; Minority; Motivation; Next Generation Science Standards; Online Systems; Pollution; Program Development; Resources; Rural; Rural Community; Rural Health; STEM career; Schools; Science; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics; Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education; Scientist; Site; Stress; Structure; Students; Tablet Computer; Teacher Professional Development; Teaching Method; Testing; Texas; Training; Underserved Population; Universities; Update; Vaccination; Veterinary Medicine; Youth; base; bilingualism; career; college; compare effectiveness; critical period; curriculum development; design; effectiveness evaluation; experience; experimental study; handheld mobile device; hazard; innovation; junior high school; learning materials; learning outcome; lectures; mathematical learning; online course; online version; pedagogy; peer; recruit; rural underserved; science teacher; social; student participation; student-centered approach; teacher; tool; underrepresented minority student; web site

Project Summary The proposed project will provide rural middle school teachers with instructional strategies and resources for teaching science in the context of One Health (the integration of human, animal, and environmental health) and assess the effectiveness of this method. The app- and web- based curriculum will use a student-centered approach to teaching middle school science topics. Middle school science curricular materials produced over the past 15 years by the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University will be enhanced to include motivational, student-centered content for use with mobile devices. The activities will target underserved rural communities, concentrating specifically on middle school students, who are at a critical period for developing academic competence and choosing a career. This project will focus on rural schools because they have large minority and educationally underserved populations. Their geographic isolation allows students few opportunities to interact with scientists and academic health professionals who might increase their motivation to engage in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and related careers. Project specific aims include the following: 1. Development of a student-centered app containing engaging brief stories, case studies, and video presentations followed by interactive assessments (games, quizzes, etc.) and project/curriculum guides that science teachers can use to lead students in group activities, experiments, projects, and discussions. 2. Re- organization of the peer.tamu.edu website to accommodate the new app and online courses and to make specific resources easier for teachers to find. 3. Provision of teacher professional development via summer workshops where teachers are instructed in and contribute to the design and implementation of relevant student-centered lessons to be delivered by an app. This innovative approach and content not only make "learning on the go" possible, but they also provide a wide range of content that is not readily available for students and teachers through traditional classroom instruction. The proposed project will further prepare middle school teachers to teach STEM; increase the number of youth who have interactive STEM experiences in school; and increase the number of underrepresented minority students who are knowledgeable about STEM and STEM careers.

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