Environmental Health Research Experiences for Teachers in High-Poverty Schools: A Professional DevelopmentProgram

摘要 目前的项目提出了一项创新的职业发展(PD)计划 理科高中教师的环境健康研究经验 北卡罗来纳州的高贫困水平。在一项合作努力中，来自麻省理工学院的专家 隶属于人类健康与环境中心(CHHE)的教育和科学家， 北卡罗来纳州立大学比较医学研究所(CMI)将提供教师 (n=40)具有独特的真实实验室体验。为期8周的夏季研究PD项目旨在 提高教师的环境健康素养和研究技能，以支持小说 理科教学策略。 该计划的具体目标如下：1)为教师提供 对科研课题辅导评审环节中科学方法的实践认识 环境应激源与健康之间的关系；2)让教师了解 毒理学的核心概念问题；3)培训教师科学行为的伦理问题， 科学传播、公共卫生；4)让教师沉浸在真实的研究实验室中 通过使用认知学徒模式获得经验；以及5)开发全面的 评估计划，以评估短期和长期帕金森病成果。 在拟议的环境健康科学(EHS)研究PD计划中，教师将 融入真正的研究项目并参加实验室会议，获得一般知识 研究是如何进行的，以及与其正在进行的项目相关的专业知识 主办实验室。此外，参加该计划的教师将每周有一天聚集在一起 研讨会环境，以分享他们多样化的研究经验并获得更多 与环境健康科学有关的生物学概念和伦理问题的培训。

Abstract The current project proposes an innovative professional development (PD) program in environmental health research experiences for science high-school teachers from schools with high poverty levels in North Carolina. In a collaborative effort, experts from the College of Education and scientists affiliated with the Center for Human Health and Environment (CHHE), and the Comparative Medicine Institute (CMI) at NC State University will provide teachers (N=40) with unique authentic lab experiences. The 8-week summer research PD program aims at enhancing teachers' environmental health literacy and research skills that will support novel science teaching strategies. The specific aims addressed by the program are the following: 1) to provide teachers with a practical understanding of the scientific method in mentored research projects examining links between environmental stressors and health; 2) to provide teachers with an understanding of core conceptual issues in toxicology; 3) to train teachers in ethical issues in scientific conduct, science communication, and public health; 4) to immerse teachers in authentic research lab experiences by using a cognitive apprenticeship model; and 5) to develop a comprehensive evaluation plan in order to assess the short- and long- term PD outcomes. In the proposed environmental health science (EHS) research PD program, teachers will be integrated into genuine research projects and attend lab meetings, gaining general knowledge of how research is conducted and specialized knowledge related to ongoing projects in their host lab. Additionally, teachers in the program will come together one day per week in a workshop environment, to share their diversity of research experiences and gain additional training in biological concepts and ethical issues related to environmental health sciences.