Neuroscience in Your World: A Partnership for Neuroscience Education Across the

描述(由申请者提供)：您的世界中的神经科学：跨K-12光谱的神经科学教育伙伴关系。富兰克林研究所神经科学在你的世界是富兰克林研究所和宾夕法尼亚大学神经科学和社会中心之间的创新合作，旨在让K-12学生和教师学习神经科学在他们世界的重要性。拟议的工作将创建一套分层的学习经验，在不同发展阶段的学生世界观的相关背景下，框架神经科学的核心概念。该项目将协调认知目标和整个K-12阶段的社会发展，为学习进程建立框架，在较年轻的年级，以科学内容的入门水平接触到非常广泛的受众，在较高的年级，以具有更深层次经验的越来越专注的受众为目标。节目内容将集中在大脑功能、学习、社会行为和神经科学的社会影响方面，强调影响我们感知和与周围世界互动的健康和行为的个人方面。该项目将包括对富兰克林研究所的实地考察和提供的项目，在附近高中实施的课程，以及将在网上分发的教育材料和教师专业发展资源的数字工具包。终结性评估将确定项目组成部分对来自费城地区的参与学生和教师的影响。评估方法将包括事后学生调查、教师调查和现场观察，使用等待实地考察评估的小组或现场课程评估的联播组进行比较。通过该项目开发的一套项目将为费城及其他地区的神经科学教育建立成功和可持续的基础设施奠定基础。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Neuroscience in Your World: A Partnership for Neuroscience Education Across the K-12 Spectrum. The Franklin Institute Neuroscience in Your World is an innovative collaboration between The Franklin Institute and the Center for Neuroscience & Society at the University of Pennsylvania to engage K-12 students and teachers in learning about the importance of neuroscience in their world. The proposed work will create a tiered set of learning experiences that frame core concepts of neuroscience in the relevant context of students' worldview at different developmental stages. Aligning cognitive goals and social development across the K-12 spectrum, the project will build the framework for a learning progression that, at younger grades, reaches a very broad audience at an introductory level of scientific content and, at higher grades, targets increasingly focused audiences with deeper levels of experience. Program content will focus on topics in brain function, learning, social behavior, and societal impacts of neuroscience, emphasizing personal aspects of health and behavior that influence how we perceive and interact with the world around us. The project will include a combination of field trips to and programs delivered at The Franklin Institute, courses implemented at nearby high schools and a digital toolkit of educational materials and teacher professional development resources that will be distributed online. Summative evaluation will determine the effects of the project components on participating students and teachers from the Philadelphia region. Evaluation methods will include pre-post student surveys, teacher surveys, and on-site observations, using for comparison either a waiting group for field trip evaluation or a simulcast group for on-site course evaluation. The suite of programs developed through this project will create the foundation for a successful and sustainable infrastructure for neuroscience education in Philadelphia and beyond.