A Computer-based, Student-Centered Middle-School Approach to One Health Learning

项目摘要 拟议的项目将为农村中学教师提供教学策略， 在一个健康的背景下教授科学的资源（人类，动物， 环境卫生），并评估该方法的有效性。应用程序-和网络- 基础课程将采用以学生为中心的方法来教授中学科学 话题过去15年来， 兽医学院环境教育和农村卫生伙伴关系（PEER） 德克萨斯A&M大学的医学和生物医学科学将得到加强，包括 以学生为中心的激励性内容，可用于移动的设备。活动将针对 服务不足的农村社区，特别关注中学生，他们在 培养学术能力和选择职业的关键时期。该项目将 把重点放在农村学校，因为那里有大量的少数民族和教育服务不足 人口。他们的地理隔离使学生很少有机会与 科学家和学术卫生专业人员谁可能会增加他们的动机， 科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）教育及相关职业。 项目的具体目标包括：1.开发以学生为中心的APP 包含引人入胜的简短故事，案例研究和视频演示，然后是互动 评估（游戏、测验等）和项目/课程指南，科学教师可以 用于引导学生进行小组活动、实验、项目和讨论。2.再 组织peer.tamu.edu网站，以容纳新的应用程序和在线课程 并使教师更容易找到特定的资源。3.提供教师专业 通过暑期讲习班，教师接受指导， 设计和实施通过应用程序提供的以学生为中心的相关课程。 这种创新的方法和内容不仅使“在旅途中学习”成为可能，而且还 提供广泛的内容，这是不容易为学生和教师通过 传统的课堂教学。拟议的项目将进一步准备中学 教师教STEM;增加有互动STEM经验的青年人数 在学校;并增加代表性不足的少数民族学生人数， 了解STEM和STEM职业。

Project Summary The proposed project will provide rural middle school teachers with instructional strategies and resources for teaching science in the context of One Health (the integration of human, animal, and environmental health) and assess the effectiveness of this method. The app- and web- based curriculum will use a student-centered approach to teaching middle school science topics. Middle school science curricular materials produced over the past 15 years by the Partnership for Environmental Education and Rural Health (PEER) in the College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University will be enhanced to include motivational, student-centered content for use with mobile devices. The activities will target underserved rural communities, concentrating specifically on middle school students, who are at a critical period for developing academic competence and choosing a career. This project will focus on rural schools because they have large minority and educationally underserved populations. Their geographic isolation allows students few opportunities to interact with scientists and academic health professionals who might increase their motivation to engage in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education and related careers. Project specific aims include the following: 1. Development of a student-centered app containing engaging brief stories, case studies, and video presentations followed by interactive assessments (games, quizzes, etc.) and project/curriculum guides that science teachers can use to lead students in group activities, experiments, projects, and discussions. 2. Re- organization of the peer.tamu.edu website to accommodate the new app and online courses and to make specific resources easier for teachers to find. 3. Provision of teacher professional development via summer workshops where teachers are instructed in and contribute to the design and implementation of relevant student-centered lessons to be delivered by an app. This innovative approach and content not only make "learning on the go" possible, but they also provide a wide range of content that is not readily available for students and teachers through traditional classroom instruction. The proposed project will further prepare middle school teachers to teach STEM; increase the number of youth who have interactive STEM experiences in school; and increase the number of underrepresented minority students who are knowledgeable about STEM and STEM careers.