Summer Research Program for Science Teachers

描述（由申请人提供）：21世纪的大学预科科学教师面临着前所未有的挑战，他们要为美国学生做好准备，并让他们对科学和技术职业感兴趣。神经科学对这些教师提出了特殊的挑战，因为他们中很少有人在大学里学习神经科学。然而，我们对人类神经系统理解的进步对他们的教学实践具有实际意义，对他们的学生教育也很重要。为了提升教师的神经科学知识，Amy MacDermott教授（P.I.）与哥伦比亚大学科学教师暑期研究计划（SRP）创始人Samuel Silverstein教授合作，扩大纽约大都市地区K-12科学教师参与高质量，专注和持续的研究经验和神经科学专业发展的机会。通过NIH的夏季研究经验项目征集（PAR-11-050, CFDA 93.853）获得支持的教师将在nind支持的哥伦比亚大学神经科学家（目前有86名哥伦比亚大学教师接受nind支持）的指导下，连续两个夏季分别进行为期八周的实践研究。教师将成为其实验室研究团队的正式成员。此外，他们还将参加哥伦比亚大学暑期研究项目中成功的专业发展活动。这些特别的教学课程专门为科学教师设计，包括由哥伦比亚大学和其他科学丰富的机构的教师领导的科学研讨会，分子建模研讨会，数据驱动教学，课程计划制定，同伴指导和实践教学。该项目在专业发展日提供早餐和午餐，从而鼓励参与者之间的非正式互动。到每个夏天结束时，这个小组已经合并成一个有效的专业学习社区。哥伦比亚大学的SRP在促进教师留任、激励教师进行更多的动手课堂和实验室练习以及提高学生科学成绩方面的项目有效性方面处于世界领先地位（science 326:440- 442, 2009）。在教师参与该计划后的学年中，通过纽约州评议科学考试的学生比他们进入该计划前的学年多10.1%（增长22.9%），或者比同一学校未参与该计划的教师的学生在同一学年中多10.1%。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Twenty-first Century pre-college science teachers face unprecedented challenges in preparing U.S. students for, and interesting them in, careers in science and technology. Neuroscience poses special challenges for these teachers since few of them study neuroscience in college. Yet, advances in our understanding of the human nervous system have practical implications for their teaching practices, and are of importance to their students' education. To elevate teachers' neuroscience knowledge, Professor Amy MacDermott (P.I.) has joined forces with Professor Samuel Silverstein, Founder of Columbia University's Summer Research Program for Science Teachers (SRP), to expand opportunities allowing New York metropolitan area K-12 science teachers to participate in high quality, focused and sustained research experiences and professional development in the neurosciences. Teachers selected for support through NIH's Summer Research Experience Programs solicitation (PAR-11-050, CFDA 93.853) will perform hands-on research for eight weeks in each of two consecutive summers under the mentorship of NINDS-supported Columbia University neuroscientists (86 Columbia faculty currently receive NINDS support). Teachers will be full members of their laboratory's research team. In addition, they will participate one full day/week in Columbia University Summer Research Program's demonstrably successful professional development activities. Designed specifically for science teachers, these special pedagogical sessions include science seminars led by faculty from Columbia and other science-rich institutions, workshops in molecular modeling, data-driven instruction, lesson plan development, peer coaching and practice teaching. The program provides breakfast and lunch on professional development days, thereby encouraging informal interactions between participants. By the end of each summer the group has coalesced into an effective Professional Learning Community. Columbia's SRP is a world leader in documenting program effectiveness in promoting teacher retention, in stimulating teachers to implement more hands-on classroom and laboratory exercises, and in improving student achievement in science (Science 326:440- 442, 2009). In the academic years following teacher participation in the program, 10.1% more of their students (a 22.9% increase) passed a New York State Regents science exam than in the academic year preceding their entry into it, or than students of non-participating teachers in the same school in the same years.