Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Teacher Discovery!

生物技术/生物信息学教师发现!该项目响应了社区学院的呼吁，要求它们认识到并利用它们对科学教师培养的尚未开发的影响力。 为了识别，鼓励和支持未来的科学教师，该项目与附近的科学教师准备计划合作。 教师候选人与在职教师一起参加生物技术研讨会，并在地区科学教室中选择生物技术领域的经验。 两个教师小组都获得了生物技术和网络技术方面的科学知识和经验。 拟议的项目解决了当代的主要挑战：1）呼吁科学教师获得最新的科学内容和实验室经验，建立在调查和科学标准的基础上，以及2）需要增加科学教师管道。 技术密集的内容是广泛的新科学浪潮：基因组学，生物技术，生物信息学，综合生物学和生物伦理学。 两个教师团体都学习他们的学生如何使用互联网接入和公共数据库来解决生物学问题。 随着两个大学教师准备计划在通勤距离内，这个项目提供了一个模式，为其他社区学院在国家和超越。 该项目中的俄克拉荷马州市公立学校提供替代教育，并拥有大量代表性不足的群体：36%的非洲裔美国人，6%的土著美国人和27%的西班牙裔美国人。 “生物技术/生物信息学教师发现! "让教师候选人接触多样性，并招募少数民族学生从事科学教学。 该项目为一个面临贫困、种族多样性和科学设施匮乏挑战的学区的科学学习基础设施做出了重大贡献。

The "Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Teacher Discovery!" project responds to the call for community colleges to recognize and capitalize on their untapped influence on science teacher preparation. To identify, encourage and support prospective science teachers, this project collaborates with nearby science teacher preparation programs. Teacher candidates take part in biotechnology workshops jointly with in-service teachers, and have options for biotechnology field experiences in area science classrooms. Both teacher groups gain science content knowledge and experience with biological technologies as well as web-based technologies.Intellectual merit. The proposed project tackles major contemporary challenges: 1) the call for science teachers to gain up-to-date science content and laboratory experiences, founded on inquiry and science standards, and 2) the need to augment the science teacher pipeline. The technology-intensive content is the broad new wave of science: genomics, biotechnology, bioinformatics, integrative biology, and bioethics. Both teacher groups learn how their students can use Internet access and public databases to address biology questions.Broader impacts. With the two university teacher preparation programs within commuting distance, this project provides a model for other community colleges in the state and beyond. The Oklahoma City Public Schools sites in this project offer alternative education and are rich in underrepresented groups: 36% African Americans, 6% Native Americans, and 27% Hispanics. "Biotechnology/Bioinformatics Teacher Discovery!" exposes teacher candidates to diversity and recruits minority students into science teaching. The project makes a significant contribution to the science-learning infrastructure of a school district challenged by poverty, ethnic diversity, and meager science facilities.