Discovery Corps Senior Fellowship: Science Enrichment using Retired Volunteer Educators (SERVE)

多米尼克·卡萨多特，德克萨斯理工大学，2004-2005学年探索队高级研究员。Casadonte将领导一项代际化学教育研究，涉及拉伯克公立学校的老年人和学生。他将在教育学和普通化学校长方面培训一群老年人。然后，老年人将志愿担任德克萨斯州拉伯克学校系统的教师助理、导师或资源人员。我们将对项目的许多方面进行评估，包括老年志愿者的课堂效果、学生的教育成果、老年人的态度、身体和认知结果，以及班主任的整体效果。这个探索队高级奖学金由化学司和MPS多学科活动办公室支持。探索队奖学金计划是一个试点项目，旨在寻求新的博士后和专业发展模式，将研究专长与专业服务相结合。探索队成员通过解决国家需要领域的项目利用他们的研究专长。他们的项目提高了研究能力和基础设施，有助于劳动力发展和创造就业机会。探索队项目同时支持博士后和高级研究员。

Dominick Casadonte, Texas Tech University, is a Discovery Corps Senior Fellow for the 2004-2005 academic year. Casadonte will lead an intergenerational chemistry education study involving senior citizens and students in the Lubbock public schools. He will train a group of senior citizens in both pedagogy and general chemistry principals. The senior citizens will then volunteer as teacher's aides, mentors or resource persons in the Lubbock Texas school system. Many aspects of the program will be evaluated, including the classroom effectiveness of the senior volunteer, the educational outcomes for the students, the attitudinal, physical and cognitive outcomes for the seniors, and the overall efficacy from the perspective of the classroom teacher . This Discovery Corps Senior Fellowship is supported by the Division of Chemistry and the MPS Office of Multidisciplinary Activities.The Discovery Corps Fellowship Program is a pilot program seeking new postdoctoral and professional development models that combine research expertise with professional service. Discovery Corps Fellows leverage their research expertise through projects that address areas of national need. Their projects enhance research capacity and infrastructure and contribute to workforce development and job creation. The Discovery Corps Program supports both Postdoctoral Fellows and Senior Fellows.