MIDAS PROJECT/MODEL/IMPLEMENTATION/DISSEMINATION/EHS

描述(由申请人提供)： 德克萨斯大学MD安德森癌症中心(UTMDACC)环境疾病研究中心(CRED)正在为一项为期五年的第一阶段和第二阶段联合项目申请资金，以启动环境健康和科学教育的完全整合的传播和实施计划。第一阶段包括制定一项实施计划，将环境、健康和科学模块整合到示范学校系统中现有的K-12课程中。第二阶段包括继续和扩大全州范围内的K-12教育工作者教师培训学院。实施模式包括整合新的环境健康和科学教育模块，并通过研讨会系列、实地考察计划和学生项目丰富课程。所有活动和单元都通过适合年龄的研究和教育主题进行协调。这些元素将在主题上交织到现有的课程框架中，并被设计为超过全州的学术要求。基本的概念基础是在学校中提供一个自给自足的综合课程，利用现有的当地和可利用的资源和基础设施。研讨会系列将包括该领域专家对环境、健康和科学问题的平衡介绍，其中包括来自许多地方和州机构以及领先的生物医学研究机构的代表。对教育场所、公园、设施、博物馆和大学的实地考察将吸引学生，并加强环境健康和科学课程。第二阶段传播方案将通过引入新的教育单元和材料，作为环境健康和科学教育的K-12综合实施模式的课程基础。环境健康科学暑期研究所(Summer Institute)将为德克萨斯州的教师提供双语环境健康和科学培训和教育，从而加强75,000多名学生的课堂学习。这一改善环境健康和科学教育的专业发展范例将用于传播由几个国家领先的科学研究机构开发的新的创新课程材料。将使用形成性和总结性分析来衡量在全州范围内传播环境健康科学课程材料和制定K-12综合执行模式的有效性。科学和教育咨询委员会将监测该项目的进展情况，提供定向援助并确定资源。在当今社会，充分了解环境暴露对人类健康的影响的挑战日益复杂。该项目旨在提高教师和学生对环境健康和科学的理解，并使他们能够就环境和他们的健康做出明智的决定。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The Center for Research on Environmental Disease (CRED) of the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC) is requesting funding for a five year combined Phase I and Phase II project to launch a fully integrated dissemination and implementation program of environmental health and science education. Phase I includes development of an implementation plan that integrates environmental health and science modules across existing K-12 curriculum in a model school system. Phase II includes continuation and expansion of a statewide teacher training institute for K-12 educators. The implementation model includes integration of new environmental health and science education modules and curricular enrichment through a seminar series, a field trip program and student projects. All activities and modules are coordinated through age-appropriate research and educational themes. These elements will be thematically interwoven into the existing curricular framework and are designed to exceed statewide scholastic requirements. The underlying conceptual basis is to provide a self-sustaining, integrated curriculum in the schools that utilizes existing local and accessible resources and infrastructure. The seminar series will include a balanced presentation of environmental health and science issues from experts in the field including representatives from many local and state agencies and leading biomedical research institutions. Field trips to educational sites, parks, facilities, museums, and universities will engage students and reinforce environmental health and science lessons. The Phase II dissemination program will serve as a curricular foundation for the integrated K-12 implementation model of environmental health and science education by introducing new educational modules and materials. The Environmental Health Sciences Summer Institute (Summer Institute), will provide bilingual environmental health and science training and education to Texas teachers resulting in enhanced classroom learning for more than 75,000 students. This professional development paradigm for improving environmental health and science education will be used to disseminate new and innovative curricular materials developed by several of the nation's leading science research institutions. Formative and summative analyses will be used to measure the effectiveness of statewide dissemination of environmental health science curricular materials and the development of the integrated K-12 implementation model. Scientific and educational advisory boards will monitor the progress of the project, provide directional assistance and identify resources. In today's society the challenge of fully understanding the impact of environmental exposures on human health continues to increase in complexity. This project seeks to improve the understanding of environmental health and science by teachers and their students and enable both to make informed decisions about the environment and their health.