Investing in the Future: Collaborative Research Experiences for Students and Teac

项目摘要 拟议的学生和教师协作研究体验(CREST)计划旨在解决 为了克服吸引年轻学生学习科学的问题，需要进行系统性的改革，其次是他们的 预期进入研究和医疗保健行业。CREST计划将重点放在哈里斯堡 (宾夕法尼亚州首府)拥有大量少数民族学生的地区高中，目前这些学生 在研究和医疗保健领域的代表性不足。该计划将提供精心挑选的9年级 连续三年有暑期研究经验的学生(五年共100人) 高中教育。前两个暑期课程(9至10年级和10至11年级之间)将 作为以探究为基础的生物医学科学的入门课程，并将导致受监督的 11日至12日在宾夕法尼亚州立医学院的研究实验室内进行的研究项目 成绩。这些学生将在医学院教员研究导师的指导下合作 有来自附近林肯大学(历史上的一所黑人大学)的本科生助教 来自医学院已经建立的两个暑期本科生研究项目。这些 助教将进一步成为高中生参与者的榜样。建议的徽章 该计划将同样侧重于高中生和科学教师(后者在5年内总共有20名 期间)通过夏季科学院提供专业发展计划，其中 教师将把实验室经验融入他们的日常教学计划中，并获得研究生学分。 学生、他们的高中老师和研究导师之间的大学关系将是 在整个学年里，通过研讨会，在高中进行新颖的实验练习 参与的CREST学生和教师的经验与惠特克中心的项目相结合 位于哈里斯堡市中心的科学与艺术中心。惠特克中心的项目将被设计为庆祝 学生和他们的老师的成就，并让公众了解科学的进步和关键 临床试验的作用。外部评估者将比较佳洁士学生的结果衡量标准 没有参加CREST计划的学生。该计划代表着以下方面的持续合作 宾夕法尼亚州中南部的学区，宾夕法尼亚州州立医学院(详细表演网站)， 宾夕法尼亚州立大学哈里斯堡首都学院(以教师为中心的发展网站)、林肯大学和几个 以社区为基础的组织，包括惠特克中心，关注科学教育的质量。项目叙事 CREST计划旨在激发高中生的兴趣和能力，特别是那些 从代表不足的群体，到追求科学事业。该计划为科学提供了机会 教师通过更新内容和教学方法来改进科学教学。公众将被告知预付款情况 在生物医学和临床研究方面，包括对研究伦理和对人类参与者保护的关注 在临床研究中。

Project Abstract The proposed Collaborative Research Experiences for Students and Teachers (CREST) program addresses systemic changes needed to overcome the problem of attracting young students to science, followed by their anticipated entry into research and healthcare careers. The CREST program will focus on Harrisburg (Pennsylvania state capital) area high schools with large populations of minority students who, at present, are underrepresented in the research and healthcare arenas. The program will provide carefully selected 9th grade students (a total of 100 for the 5 years) with summer research experiences during three consecutive years of their high school education. The first two summer sessions (between the 9th and 10th and the 10th and 11th grades) will serve as an introduction to inquiry-based biomedical science and will lead to the performance of a supervised research project within research laboratories at the Penn State College of Medicine between the 11th and 12th grades. These students will be guided by College of Medicine faculty research mentors working in collaboration with undergraduate student teaching assistants from both nearby Lincoln University (a Historically Black University) and from two already established summer undergraduate research programs at the College of Medicine. These teaching assistants will further serve as role models for the high school student participants. Theproposed CREST program will focus equally on high school students and science teachers (total of 20 of the latter for the 5 year period) by providing professional development programs through Summer Science Academies in which the teachers will incorporate laboratory experiences into their everyday teaching programs and earn graduate credit. The collegial relationships among the students, their high school teachers, and the research mentors will be sustained throughout the academic year by seminars, novel laboratory exercises in the high schools based on the combined experiences of the participating CREST students and teachers, and programs at the WhitakerCenterfor Science and the Arts in downtown Harrisburg. The Whitaker Center programs will be designed to celebrate the achievements of the students and their teachers, and to inform the public of advances in science and the critical role of clinical trials. External evaluators will compare outcome measures of the CREST students with those of students not participating in the CREST program. This program represents a continuing collaboration among school districts in southcentral Pennsylvania, the Penn State College of Medicine(thelaboratory performancesite), Penn State Harrisburg Capital College (the teacher-focused development site), Lincoln University, and several community-based organizations, including the Whitaker Center, concerned about the quality of scienceeducation. Project Narrative The CREST program is designed to stimulate the interest and capacity of high school students, especially those from underrepresented groups, to pursue careers in science. The program provides opportunity for science teachers to improve science teaching by updating content and pedagogy. The public will be informed of advances in biomedical and clinical research, including the concern for research ethics and protection of human participants in clinical research.