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Program Director:
Dr. Robert Crissman
Associate Professor,
University of Toledo College of Medicine
Dept of Neuroscience, Health Science Campus
Mail Stop # 1007
Toledo, OH 43614 2598
4193834120
Robert.Crissman@utoledo.edu
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The HHMI grant, Imagine 2, is a comprehensive program that puts into action what many educational experts say is the optimal way of preparing science teachers. It combines the content-area expertise of working biomedical research scientists (College of Medicine) with experts (College of Education) on delivery, application and assessment of learning to enhance the professional development of public school teachers. While the direct goal is to increase the quality of the teachers, their students are the ultimate recipients, especially the under-represented minorities, rural and first time college students. The students of these teachers will be exposed to a more knowledgeable teacher and a more interesting approach to learning that will stimulate them to a better understanding of science in today¿s highly technical and science based society. The goal of this 5 year project is to significantly increase the number of qualified science teachers, increase the student pipeline and lay the foundation for a scientifically literate workforce in a world shaped by science and technology. The merger of the University of Toledo (UT) and the Medical University of Ohio (MUO) (7/1/06) creates unique opportunities and intellectual synergy for aggressively recruiting teachers from ethnically diverse schools in northwestern Ohio and developing a coherent program to attract, prepare and properly qualify students, to enter careers in biomedical sciences as well as help them understand science in everyday life experiences. Thus biomedical researchers and science teacher educators came together to develop Imagine 2 with the following objectives; (1) To better prepare grades 6-12 teachers to teach using high quality inquiry methods; (2) To enhance the quality of grades 6-12 teachers¿ content knowledge; (3) To raise student achievement; (4) To coordinate and implement challenging curriculum, classroom practice, and student assessment to effectively meet state and national standards; (5) To enhance and sustain the quantity and diversity of students pursuing science related careers, particularly biomedical science professions. The biomedical researchers and science teacher educators will take a two prong approach that focuses on teacher professional development and student learning. Each year twenty one teachers will participate in:(1) a six week summer research internship in the laboratories of funded biomedical researchers where they will participate in a research project and experience how the scientific method works in real life and learn the scientific literature in the particular area;(2) weekly seminars that deal with current technology and issues in medical research; (3) a two week workshop on project-based science (PBS) teaching methods during which they will create a PBS science module for their fall classes; (4) introducing their PBS science module in their classroom; (5) repeat participation in the program where they will take additional curriculum development workshops to become a focus of science curriculum development in their own school. The students will not only benefit from their teacher¿s greater content knowledge and PBS science modules but also will have the opportunity to go on sponsored field trips to active research labs, be exposed to different science careers and begin networking in the field of science.
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