Problem-Based Learning for Drug Abuse and Addiction Education

描述(由申请者提供)：该项目的目标是：(1)创建供教师采用的课程，用于提高学生对药物滥用和成瘾生物学的理解；(2)开发一种专业发展培训模式，有效地传播课程并促进教师采用课程。为了实现我们的目标，这个项目将创建三个基于问题的学习课程模块和相关的教学资源，以模拟基于研究的教学策略如何应用于药物滥用和成瘾的生物学教学。在这一为期四年的项目期间，将编制、实地测试课程，并通过内置的形成性和总结性评价加以传播。每个课程模块将使用基于当前药物滥用和成瘾研究主题的现实生活场景。这三个课程单元的主题将是：(1)成瘾对行为的影响，(2)成瘾对动态平衡的影响：药物耐受性和戒断，以及(3)药物对产前和出生后发育的影响。这三个课程模块将把NIDA网站上的资源与实验室活动和基于计算机的资源整合在一起，这些资源可以很容易地纳入学区现有的高中生物课程。课程模块将与纽约州的数学、科学和技术学习标准以及国家科学教育标准保持一致。课程单元将通过纽约州生物-化学专业发展导师网络举办的讲习班向纽约州500多名生物教师传播。将实施一项全面的混合方法评价，包括过程和结果措施，采用定量和定性两种方法。我们将评估课程的实施情况以及课程对学生内容知识的影响。公共卫生相关性：该项目与公共卫生的相关性在于，学生和教师将对药物滥用和成瘾的科学有更好的了解。该项目将创建和传播教育材料，以促进对药物滥用和成瘾对行为、产前和出生后发育以及药物耐受性和戒断的影响的了解。这些信息将使学生和教师更好地了解涉及他们健康的决定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goals of this project are: (1) To create curricula that are adopted by teachers and are used to improve students' understanding of the biology of drug abuse and addiction, and (2) To develop a professional development training model that effectively disseminates the curricula and promotes its adoption by teachers. To accomplish our goals, this project will create three problem-based learning curriculum modules with related instructional resources to model how research-based instructional strategies can be applied to teaching the biology of drug abuse and addiction. During this four- year project, the curricula will be developed, field-tested, and disseminated with built-in formative and summative evaluations. Each curriculum module will use a real-life scenario based on current topics in drug abuse and addiction research. The topics of these three curriculum modules will be: (1) The effects of addiction on behavior, (2) The effects of addiction on homeostasis: drug tolerance and withdrawal, and (3) The effects of drugs on prenatal and postnatal development. These three curriculum modules will integrate resources from the NIDA website with laboratory activities and computer-based resources that can easily be incorporated into a district's existing high school biology curriculum. The curriculum modules will align with New York State's Math, Science and Technology Learning Standards and with the National Science Education Standards. The curriculum modules will be disseminated to over 500 biology teachers throughout New York State through workshops presented by the New York State Biology-Chemistry Professional Development Mentor Network. A comprehensive mixed-methods evaluation will be implemented and will consist of process and outcomes measures, employing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. We will assess the implementation of the curricula and the impact of the curricula on student content knowledge. Public Health Relevance: The relevance of this project to public health is that students and teachers will have a better understanding of the science of drug abuse and addiction. The project will create and disseminate educational materials to promote understanding of the effects of drug abuse and addiction on behavior, prenatal and postnatal development and drug tolerance and withdrawal. This information will allow students and teachers to become better informed for decisions involving their health.