Summer Research Program for Science Teachers

描述(由申请人提供)：21世纪大学前科学教师面临着前所未有的挑战，让美国学生为科学和技术职业做好准备，并让他们感兴趣。神经科学给这些教师带来了特殊的挑战，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的理解的进步对他们的教学实践具有实际意义，对他们的学生的教育也很重要。为了提升教师的神经科学知识，艾米·麦克德莫特教授(P.I.)已经与哥伦比亚大学科学教师暑期研究项目(SRP)的创始人Samuel Silverstein教授联手，扩大机会，让纽约大都市区的K-12科学教师参与高质量、专注和持续的神经科学研究体验和专业发展。通过美国国立卫生研究院暑期研究体验计划征集(PAR-11-050CFDA 93.853)被选中的教师将在哥伦比亚大学神经科学家的指导下，在连续两个夏天的每个夏天进行为期八周的实践研究(目前有86名哥伦比亚大学教职员工正在接受NINDS的支持)。教师将成为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成功的职业发展活动。这些专门为科学教师设计的教学课程包括由哥伦比亚大学和其他科学机构的教师领导的科学研讨会，分子建模、数据驱动教学、教案制定、同行辅导和实践教学方面的研讨会。该计划在职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。到每年夏天结束时，该小组都会联合成一个有效的专业学习社区。哥伦比亚大学的SRP在记录促进教师留任、激励教师实施更多实践课堂和实验室练习以及提高学生科学成绩方面的有效性方面处于世界领先地位(Science 326：440-442,2009)。在教师参加该计划后的几个学年，他们的学生通过纽约州议会理科考试的人数比他们参加该计划的前一学年多10.1%(增加22.9%)，或者比同一年同一学校未参加该计划的教师的学生多10.1%(增加22.9%)。

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.