Teacher Institute for the Experience of Science

科学家和学校教育工作者之间的文化鸿沟阻碍了 面向学校、教师和学生的开创性研究。教师是弥合这一矛盾的潜在桥梁 但是，他们常常被科学和技术的快速进步吓倒。科学家和 临床医生需要帮助将他们的工作转化为所有人都能理解和欣赏的信息。 科学家和教师之间的这些文化差异导致了一些破坏性的后果，包括 失去了教育和激励年轻人的机会，其中一些人本身就是潜在的科学家， 以及公众对动物研究、基因工程和干细胞研究的误解。这些 后果会在短期和长期内威胁到科学研究。因此，缩小文化差距 科学家和教师之间的合作是招募未来科学家和创造一个 _有利于突破性研究的积极环境。 为了满足这些需求，我们提出了综合阶段1/11计划，该计划将提高我们的 生物医学研究人员通过打造一个 与中学教师建立独特的合作伙伴关系。这种互惠互利的伙伴关系将使科学家能够 让教师参与我们校园内由NCRR资助的两个中心的丰富研究环境， 普通临床研究中心(GCRC)和俄勒冈州国家灵长类研究中心(ONPRC)。反过来, 教师将让科学家们翻译复杂的，有时也有争议的方面 他们的研究变成了一种适合他们的课堂和公众的形式。这一伙伴关系的力量将 来自于建立对各自合作伙伴独特技能的相互尊重和理解。在.期间 通过组织授课，课程将适应不同的文化背景并在网上发布。

Cultural gaps between scientists and school educators have hampered the direct transfer of groundbreaking research to schools, teachers, and students. Teachers are a potential bridge to close this gap, but all too often, they are intimidated by rapid advances in science and technology. Scientists and clinicians need help in translating their work into messages that can be understood and appreciated by all. These cultural gaps between scientists and teachers lead to a number of damaging consequences, including lost opportunities to educate and inspire young people, some of whom are themselves potential scientists, and public misconceptions about animal research, genetic engineering and stem cell studies. These consequences threaten scientific research in the short- and long-term. Thus, closing the cultural gaps between scientists and teachers is an important step both in recruiting future scientists and in creating a _ositive climate for groundbreaking research. ro address these needs, we propose a combined Phase 1/11proposal that will improve the ability of our biomedical researchers to communicate the importance of their work to the general public by forging a unique partnership with middle school teachers. This mutually beneficial partnership will allow scientists to engage teachers in the rich research environments of two NCRR-funded centers on our campus, the General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) and Oregon National Primate Research Center (ONPRC). In turn, the teachers will engage the scientists in translating the complex and sometimes controversial aspects of their research into a form appropriate for their classroom and the public. The strength of this partnership will come from building a mutual respect for and understanding of unique skills of the respective partners. During tissemination, the curricula will be adpated to a variety of cultural backgrounds and published on the web.