Phase I: Opening the Pipeline for Native High Schools

描述(由申请人提供)： 选定的土著社区和学校已经与哈佛大学(在哈佛大学美洲原住民项目和哈佛医学院[HMS]的赞助下)建立了合作伙伴关系，以创建一个试点夏季计划，即“第一阶段：为原住民高中打开管道”。该计划的主要目标是：(1)改善美国原住民高中生在顶尖机构从事科学教育和从事生物医学科学职业的机会，(2)为其教师提供生物医学科学内容和教学方法方面的培训。学生和老师将被安置在剑桥，并在HMS上课。该项目是在早期较小项目的基础上进行的，将包括两个为期三周的课程，每个课程可容纳20名学生和4名教师。原住民社区将决定学生、教师和生物医学科学主题的选择。为了解决第一个主要目标，该项目旨在让学生熟悉大型城市大学的生活(揭开高等教育的神秘面纱)；通过类似于他们在大学里遇到的讲座和基于案例的学习(CBL)，提高学生对生物医学的知识；证明科学与现实生活问题的相关性；帮助学生提高学习技能；挑战学生清楚地思考他们未来的计划，并提高他们的视野；以及鼓励学生以后参加哈佛暑期学校。此外，学生将进行个人项目，他们将在最后一天的研讨会中以PowerPoint演讲的形式展示这些项目，还将设计和展示一部戏剧。为了实现第二个主要目标，该计划旨在增强教师在生物医学科学方面的知识基础；培训教师在课堂上设计和实施CBL；帮助教师分析他们的教学方法并纳入新的方法。此外，一名部落专业人员将出席为期一周的会议，领导有关特定卫生专题对社区的影响的讨论。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Selected Native communities and schools have established a partnership with Harvard University (under the auspices of the Harvard University Native American Program and Harvard Medical School [HMS]) to create a pilot summer program, "Phase I: Opening the Pipeline for Native High Schools." The Program's major goals are to improve the opportunity for, (1) Native American high school students to engage in science education and pursue careers in the biomedical sciences at leading institutions and, (2) to provide training to their teachers in the content and pedagogical methods of biomedical sciences. The students and teachers will be housed in Cambridge and attend classes at HMS. The program, building upon earlier smaller programs, will consist of two three-week sessions, each accommodating 20 students and 4 teachers. The Native communities will determine the selection of the students, teachers and biomedical science topics. To address the first major goal, the program aims to familiarize students with life at a large urban university (demystify higher education); enhance the students' knowledge of biomedical science through lectures, similar to those they will encounter in college, and through Case-Based Learning (CBL), which demonstrates the relevance of science to real life problems; help students improve their learning skills; challenge students to think explicitly about their future plans, and to raise their sights; and encourage students' later attendance at Harvard Summer School. In addition, students will undertake individual projects, which they will present in a PowerPoint talk in a Final-Day Symposium, and will also devise and present a play. To address the second major goal the program aims to enhance teachers' knowledge base in biomedical science; train teachers in designing and implementing CBL in their classrooms; help teachers analyze their pedagogical methods and incorporate new ones. In addition, a Tribal Professional will attend for one week to lead discussions about the community impact of the specified health-related topic.