Researchhasshownthatteachereffectivenessiscloselycorrelatedwithimprovedstudentperformance intheclassroom.Thisprojectdescribesaprofessionaldevelopmentexperiencedesignedtoincrease boththecontentknowledgeofteachersandtosharpentheirpedagogicalskills.Thecontentfocusof theprojectwilladdresstheintegrationofbasicconceptsofgeneticswiththemoleculargeneticsof today,andthenewscienceofgenomeengineeringthatwillshapetomorrow.Theprojectwillalsotrain teachersinapedagogythatvaluesquestionsoveranswersandencouragesstudentstodeveloptheir criticalthinkingskills. Theprofessionaldevelopmentexperienceisdesignedaroundtwoone?weeklongworkshops,heldin successivesummers.Teacherswillbeintroducedtoacollectionofinnovativetactileteachingtools designedtofunctionasthinkingtoolsinthehandsofstudents.Inaddition,teacherswillbeintroduced toaseriesofmolecularstoriesofcurrentresearchandshownhowfoundationalconceptsofbiologycan betaughtwithinthecontextofthesestories.Auniquefeatureofthisprojectwilloccurduringthe secondsummerworkshop?hostedbythescienceoutreachgroupsattheBroadInstituteatMITand HarvardortheInnovativeGenomicsInitiative(IGI)atUCBerkeley?whereteacherswillexperience scienceasaprocessofdiscoveryastheyinteractwithresearcherswhoareactivelyinvolvedinthe developmentofgenomeeditingtechnology. ThisprojectiswellalignedwiththeCoSTEMStrategicPlanandtheSEPAprogram'sgoaloftraininga morediversebiomedicalworkforce.Threecohortsoftwenty?fourhighschoolscienceteacherseachwill bedirectlyimpactedbythisproject.Theseteacherswillberecruitedfromourlocal,urbanMilwaukee PublicSchoolsystemandfromanationalpoolofteachers.Duringteacherrecruitment,preferencewill begiventothosewhoteachinschoolswithapredominantlyURMstudentpopulation?suchthata minimumof50%oftheteachersenrolledineachcohortwillservepredominantlystudentswhoare currentlyunder?representedinsciencecareers. ThisprojectrepresentsapartnershipbetweentheMSOECenterforBioMolecularModelingand(i)the scienceoutreachgroupsatTheBroadInstituteandtheIGI,(ii)theProteinDataBank,(iii)Milwaukee PublicSchools,(iv)theCTSIofSoutheasternWisconsin,and(v)R.AltaCharo,anotedbioethicistwith expertiseingenomeediting.
. Thisprojectsupportsthecreationofaprofessionaldevelopmentexperienceforhighschoolscience teachersthatwillupdatetheircontentknowledgeintheemergingfieldofgenomeengineeringand providethemwithtactileteachingtoolswithwhichtoengagetheirstudents.Theprojectisalignedwith thegoalsoftheCoSTEMStrategicPlan?totrainadditionalK?12STEMteachersandtobuildamore diversebiomedicalworkforce.
| Goodsell, David S; Franzen, Margaret A; Herman, Tim (2018) From Atoms to Cells: Using Mesoscale Landscapes to Construct Visual Narratives. J Mol Biol 430:3954-3968 |
