Biology of Human: Understanding Ourselves through the Lens of Current Biomedical

描述（由申请人提供）：年轻人和公众接受新的生物医学观点、策略和工具教育的速度是缓慢的。健康课程是向年轻人介绍传染病生物学的主要手段，在过去半个世纪里变化不大，通常侧重于训练年轻人以不那么具有个人破坏性的方式行事。几十年的研究表明，教育年轻人和成年人关于基本的人类生物学及其与健康和疾病的关系的长期好处——这样他们可能会装备和授权做出明智的决定来指导他们的行为。因此，本申请请求SEPA项目支持，使一个由经验丰富的科学教育者、生物医学和社会学研究人员以及科学记者组成的联盟能够开发人类生物学——通过当前生物医学研究的镜头了解我们自己。这个创新的、学习的、以研究为基础的科学教育项目是战略性设计的，旨在提高人们对与人类生物学有关的新的生物医学研究发展的认识和理解。《人类生物学》将为11 ~ 15岁的学生和家长、教师、图书馆员等成年人提供先进的科学教育推广包。该项目的目标是利用最新的生物医学信息和创新，一套动态的教育和传播策略，以及以社会心理学为基础的研究驱动方法，广泛地向青少年和成年人普及人类生物学知识。由内布拉斯加大学州立博物馆、内布拉斯加大学林肯分校社会学研究局和NIH/ ncrr资助的内布拉斯加州病毒学中心（一个卓越的生物医学研究中心）领导的一个团队将与科学作家卡尔·齐默和其他人一起完成三个具体目标：1)激发人们对生物医学研究对不同个人健康、社区和环境重要性的兴趣和理解；2)在科学教育工作者、生物医学研究人员、科学记者和其他人之间建立伙伴关系，以创建专注于生物医学研究发展和人类生物学的动态教育资源；3)提高青少年对生物医学科学的兴趣。《人类生物学》将为成人和青少年提供几种同时进行的补充选择，以学习生物医学研究如何帮助我们理解人类生物学。相关的学习对象包括文章、书籍和博客；娱乐和科学准确的移动和平板电脑应用程序；活动及图文故事；以及一个面向公众和教育工作者的网站，其中包含补充和支持该项目的专业发展计划的部分。预计超过17.5万名青年和成年人将通过这一努力直接受到影响。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The pace of change at which youth and the general public are educated about new biomedical perspectives, strategies, and tools is glacial. Health classes, the primary means for introducing youth to the biology of infectious disease, have changed little during the past half century, often focusing on training youth to behave in less personally destructive ways. Decades of research support the long-term benefits of educating youth and adults about basic human biology and its relationship to health and disease - so they may become equipped and empowered to make educated decisions to guide their behavior. Thus, this application requests SEPA program support to enable a consortium of experienced science educators, biomedical and sociological researchers, and science journalists to develop Biology of Human - Understanding Ourselves through the Lens of Current Biomedical Research. This innovative, learning research-based science education program is strategically designed to increase awareness of and understanding about new biomedical research developments pertaining to human biology. Biology of Human will provide a sophisticated science education outreach package for students aged 11 to 15 and adults, including parents, teachers, and librarians. The project's goal is to leverage the latest biomedical information and innovations, a dynamic suite of educational and dissemination strategies, and research-driven approach grounded in social psychology to broadly educate youth and adults about human biology. A team led by the University of Nebraska State Museum, the Bureau of Sociological Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the NIH/NCRR-funded Nebraska Center for Virology (a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence) will work with science writer Carl Zimmer and others to complete three specific aims: 1) stimulate interest in and understanding of biomedical research's importance to diverse individuals' health, communities, and environments; 2) establish partnerships among science educators, biomedical researchers, science journalists, and others to create dynamic educational resources focused on biomedical research developments and human biology; and 3) increase youths' interest in biomedical science. Biology of Human will provide adults and youth with several simultaneous, complementary options for learning about how biomedical research has helped us understand human biology. Associated learning objects include essays, books and blogs; entertaining and scientifically accurate mobile and tablet apps; activities and graphic stories; and a Web site oriented to the public and educators with sections that complement and support the project's professional development programs. More than 175,000 youth and adults are expected to be directly impacted through this effort.