Critical Appraisal to Improve Neuroscience Education (CAINE)

摘要 改进神经科学教育的批判性评估(凯恩) 这项科学教育药物滥用伙伴奖(SEDAPA)申请旨在创建、评估和 传播以神经科学和药物滥用和成瘾生物学为中心的新教材。 这项名为改善神经科学教育的批判性评估(凯恩)的项目将在 教师专业发展的语境。教师和科学家团队将采用关键的原则 评估，一种对已发表的科学报告进行评估的方法，以创建通俗易懂的版本并使 他们的学生更容易接触到神经科学。该提案的核心内容利用了来自 以神经科学、翻译和以患者为中心的临床研究为例，有效地创造教训 在中学阶段教授科学、数学、技术和健康原理。 教师充实计划(TEI)是一种不断发展的跨学科合作伙伴关系， 德克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥健康科学中心(UTHSCSA)的科学家和来自 德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥TEI计划制作了一套免费提供的课堂教学 符合NIDA SEDAPA总体目标的材料，以提供与NIH有关的公共教育和宣传- 为包括K-12学生在内的各种受众资助了研究。通过我们的科学家兼教育家 合作伙伴关系，我们建议开发和评估创新凯恩计划，以加强神经科学 以及中学师生对药物滥用和成瘾的生物学知识。新手 来自多数少数民族学区的理科教师(1-5年课堂经验)将被招聘到 参与进来。科学素养的预期提高将强调理解 生物医学研究和评估媒体报道的研究研究的质量的能力。 为了实现NIDA的目标，凯恩项目设定了三个具体目标。目标A开发新的教育 将文献批判性评价中的概念用于将研究报告转化为形式的材料 中学生可以进行评估。使用科学家-教育家团队创造的工具，学生们将 评估研究文章的通俗易懂版本，并将它们与随附的媒体报道进行比较 确保科学报道的准确性。这些教育材料将增加学生对 NIDA重点领域，提高科学素养，通过学生搜索和评估研究的能力进行评估 报告，提高学生对生物医学研究和研究设计的知识，并改变对 科学。目标B利用我们的合作伙伴关系对教师专业人员进行定性和定量评估 通过测量自我效能感、课堂观察以及创造和评估能力来发展 新教材、职业轨迹和继续专业教育。目标C传播 课程可以通过网站、会议报告和在同行评议期刊上发表的研究结果来实现。叙述性 改进神经科学教育的批判性评估(凯恩) 凯恩项目的主要目标是提供新的、有效的教材，基于 神经科学和药物滥用和成瘾的生物学。科学家们将与教师合作，创造出 新的课程；教师将提高他们指导学生的能力。 使用凯恩项目课程的中学生将学到更多关于科学、数学、健康和 用于进行研究的方法，并将得到更好的信息，以做出维护和改进的决策 他们自己的健康。

Abstract Critical Appraisal to Improve Neuroscience Education (CAINE) This Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award (SEDAPA) application seeks to create, evaluate, and disseminate new teaching materials centered on neuroscience and the biology of drug abuse and addiction. Entitled Critical Appraisal to Improve Neuroscience Education (CAINE), this project will take place in the context of teacher professional development. Teacher and scientist teams will adapt principles of critical appraisal, a method for evaluating published scientific reports, to create plain language versions and make neuroscience more accessible to their students. The core content of this proposal utilizes information from neuroscience translational and patient-oriented clinical research as examples to create lessons to effectively teach science, math, technology, and health principles at the middle school level. The Teacher Enrichment Initiatives (TEI) Program is a growing interdisciplinary partnership between the scientists of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA) and educators from San Antonio, TX. The TEI Program has produced a set of freely available classroom-ready instructional materials that meet the NIDA SEDAPA overall goal `to provide public education and outreach related to NIH- funded research to a variety of audiences, including K-12 students.' Through our scientist-educator partnerships, we propose to develop and evaluate the innovative CAINE Program to enhance neuroscience and biology of drug abuse and addiction knowledge among middle school teachers and students. Novice science teachers (1-5 years of classroom experience) from majority minority school districts will be recruited to participate. Expected improvements in science literacy will emphasize understanding the processes of biomedical research and the ability to evaluate the quality of research studies reported in the media. To meet the NIDA goal, the CAINE Project set three specific aims. Aim A develops new educational materials that adapt concepts from critical appraisal of the literature to translate research reports into forms that middle school students may evaluate. Using tools created by the scientist-educator teams, students will appraise plain language versions of research articles and compare them to accompanying media reports to ascertain accuracy of science reporting. These educational materials will increase student knowledge about NIDA focus areas, improve science literacy as assessed by student ability to search for and evaluate research reports, improve student knowledge about biomedical research and study design, and change attitudes toward science. Aim B utilizes our partnerships to qualitatively and quantitatively assess teacher professional development through measures of self-efficacy, classroom observations, and ability to create and evaluate new teaching materials, career trajectory, and continuing professional education. Aim C disseminates the curriculum through the website, conference presentations, and published findings in peer-reviewed journals. Narrative Critical Appraisal to Improve Neuroscience Education (CAINE) The CAINE Project's main goal is to provide new, effective teaching materials based on examples from the neurosciences and the biology of drug abuse and addiction. Scientists will work with teachers to create the new lessons; the teachers will improve their ability to instruct their students. Middle school students who use CAINE Project lessons will learn more about science, math, health, and the methods used to conduct research and will be better informed to make decisions for maintaining and improving their own health.