Authentic Bioinformatics in the Classroom (ABC) Project

真实生物信息学课堂 (ABC) 项目

• 批准号: 10612002
• 负责人: Laird Kramer
• 金额: $ 26.42万
• 依托单位: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-20 至 2027-02-28
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10612002
• 关键词: Active Learning; Advisory Committees; Awareness; Basic Science; Bioinformatics; Biological; Biological Sciences; Biology; Biomedical Research; COVID-19; Career Choice; Chemistry; Clinical; Clinical Research; Collaborations; Community of Practice; Computers; Data; Data Science; Development; Educational Curriculum; Educational Models; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Evolution; Faculty; Florida; Future; Goals; Heredity; High School Faculty; High School Student; Investigation; Knowledge; Lead; Learning; Modeling; Organism; Outcome; Pattern; Physics; Preparation; Process; Research; STEM career; STEM field; Schools; Science; Scientist; Services; Specialist; Structure; Students; Teacher Professional Development; Teaching Method; Training; Underrepresented Populations; Underrepresented Students; Variant; Work; biomedical scientist; career; design; evidence base; experience; high school; innovation; interest; laboratory equipment; learning community; learning materials; peer; peer coaching; role model; school district; skills; student participation; teacher; teacher community; tool; trait; undergraduate student

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT There is an urgent need to increase the numbers and diversity of bioinformatics-trained scientists joining the biomedical and clinical workforce. For bioinformatics to be considered a career choice by students from underrepresented groups, it is critical to develop awareness of bioinformatics in high school. A strength of bioinformatics is that it can be integrated into existing biological content and can strengthen connections between biological topics in a typical high school biology curriculum. The Authentic Bioinformatics in the Classroom (ABC) Project utilizes the power of bioinformatics to bring context to biology and integrate bioinformatics in high school biology classes. By developing bioinformatics discovery and research-centered investigations for high school students (as modules throughout the school year), bioinformatics and scientific research become a natural part of biology. Here, evidence-based bioinformatics curricular materials for high school biology will be developed in collaboration with high school biology teachers, to promote mastery of biological sciences while stimulating interest and awareness of bioinformatics among high school students from underrepresented backgrounds - thus, enabling them to pursue biomedical and clinical research careers including bioinformatics. To prepare teachers for developing bioinformatics curricular materials, they will participate in a research-oriented bioinformatics lab where they will learn the bioinformatics concepts and skills necessary to refine a bioinformatics draft curriculum (developed by the project team and approved by an External Advisory Committee) so that it can be authentically implemented in their high school classrooms. The curriculum will follow successful Modeling Instruction practices for which the project team has extensive experience. The curriculum will develop NGSS practices and be aligned to several NGSS topics and cross-cutting concepts, while engaging students through basic bioinformatics, data science, and research. To disseminate the curriculum, the project will provide professional development workshops for high school teachers to develop teachers’ bioinformatics knowledge and skills, engage them in the curriculum through experiential learning opportunities, and provide opportunities for practice and reflection. Teachers will be supported through their implementation of the curriculum by providing structured support from the project team, prepared undergraduate students (Bioinformatics Ambassadors (BAs)), district curriculum support specialists, as well as a developing teacher learning community. The BAs will also serve as near-peer mentors and role models in the teachers’ classrooms based on an adaption of the successful Learning Assistant model.

项目总结/摘要 迫切需要增加受过生物信息学培训的科学家的数量和多样性 加入生物医学和临床劳动力队伍。生物信息学被认为是一个职业选择， 对于来自代表性不足群体的学生来说，在高中培养生物信息学意识至关重要。 生物信息学的一个优势是它可以整合到现有的生物学内容中， 典型的高中生物课程中生物主题之间的联系。正宗的 生物信息学在课堂（ABC）项目利用生物信息学的力量，使背景下， 生物学和整合生物信息学在高中生物课。通过发展生物信息学 为高中生提供以发现和研究为中心的调查（作为整个学校的模块 年），生物信息学和科学研究成为生物学的自然组成部分。在这里，基于证据的 生物信息学教材高中生物将开发合作与高 学校生物教师，以促进掌握生物科学，同时激发兴趣和认识 生物信息学在高中生中的代表性不足的背景-因此，使他们能够 从事生物医学和临床研究事业，包括生物信息学。为教师准备 开发生物信息学课程材料，他们将参与研究型生物信息学 实验室，他们将学习生物信息学的概念和必要的技能，以完善生物信息学草案 课程（由项目团队开发并由外部咨询委员会批准），以便 在他们的高中课堂上真正实施。课程将遵循成功 项目团队在建模教学实践方面拥有丰富的经验。课程将 制定NGSS实践，并与若干NGSS主题和跨领域概念保持一致，同时 学生通过基本的生物信息学，数据科学和研究。为了传播课程， 将为高中教师提供专业发展讲习班， 生物信息学知识和技能，通过体验式学习让他们参与课程 机会，并提供实践和反思的机会。教师将通过以下方式获得支持： 通过项目小组提供结构化的支持， 本科生（生物信息学大使（BA）），地区课程支持专家， 以及一个发展中的教师学习社区。学士学位也将作为近同行的导师和作用 模型在教师课堂上的基础上改编成功的学习助理模型。