A Model Teacher Enhancement Program to Encourage Experience-Based Instruction in Human Genetics in Middle School Science

冷泉港实验室将进行为期三年的 在纽约培训336名中学教师的计划 和马里兰州教授一个15-20小时的单元，探索人类 遗传学 该讲习班不要求有以下方面的具体经验： 遗传学，并侧重于科学作为一个解决问题的企业。 人类遗传学与传统的中学教育非常吻合 重视人类健康，实现批判性思维 目标，并鼓励基于发现的学习。 十二 将在每个州培训成对的带头教师;他们， 反过来，将指导144名教师在12 第二年举办“第二轮”区域讲习班。 所有 参加者将获发一套教材套， 文本和所有必要的实验材料， 体验式的课程 举行了一次后续会议， 在培训讲习班之后的几个月里， 鼓励实施和参与者之间的联网。 该方案是适当的，根据国家 承诺对人类基因组进行测序， 个人和社会影响;它是DNA的一部分 扫盲计划，它扩展了传统的研究生课程， 冷泉港实验室的培训使命， 大学前水平。 探索人类遗传学跟随DNA 科学课程，已教授给1,600名高中生 24个州的教师。 国家科学 基金会对高中课程的支持一直很高 杠杆化，形成了可以说是最大的基础 致力于生物技术和遗传学教育， 国家 同样，该项目将作为一个国家 利用人类遗传学作为一种手段来说明 在中学阶段科学地解决问题。 相当于NSF奖金40.6%的金额正在被 作为费用分摊。

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory will undertake a three-year program to train 336 middle school instructors in New York and Maryland to teach a 15-20 hour unit, Exploring Human Genetics. The workshop presupposes no specific experience in genetics and focuses on science as a problem-solving venture. Human genetics meshes well with the traditional middle school emphasis on human health, fulfills critical thinking objectives, and encourages discovery-based learning. Twelve pairs of lead teachers will be trained in each state; they, in turn, will instruct an additional 144 teachers at 12 "second-round" regional workshops the following year. All participants will be provided with a teaching kit containing text and all necessary lab materials needed to initiate an experience-based program at their school. A follow-up held several months after the training workshop will further encourage implementation and networking between participants. This program is appropriate in light of the national commitment to sequence the human genome, with its attendant personal and social implications; it is part of the DNA Literacy Program, which extends the traditional postgraduate training mission of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory to the precollege level. Exploring Human Genetics follows the DNA Science curriculum, which has been taught to 1,600 high school teachers in 24 states. The National Science Foundation support of the high school program has been highly leveraged, forming the basis of what is arguably the largest commitment to biotechnology and genetics education in this country. Similarly, this project will serve as a national model for using human genetics as a means to illustrate scientific problem-solving at the middle school level. An amount equivalent to 40.6% of the NSF award is being contributed as cost-sharing.