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Program Director:
Dr. Ann Lambros
Assistant Dean for Education
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Department of Medical Education/CERTL
Medical Center Boulevard
Winston-Salem, NC 27157
336/713-7722
alambros@wakehealth.edu
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This project from the Center of Excellence for Research, Teaching, and Learning (CERTL) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) builds on its current successful model of professional development for teachers and science enrichment programming for K-12 students by designing strategies to leverage that into an even greater capacity for influencing the quality of science education. Each year CERTL programming for teachers and students is oversubscribed and waiting lists are generated. The project described here, MASS Science: Mastery and Success for Students in Science, includes a component to further develop previously trained and now highly experienced teachers to provide training and coaching to inexperienced teachers in science, math, and elementary grades. The timing is critical for teachers to provide the highest quality instruction in science, math, technology and related fields, to ensure student success and capacity to pursue careers in these subject areas.
The BEST (Building Engineering and Science Talent) organization published a report in 2002, The Quiet Crisis, Falling Short in Producing American Scientific and Technical Talent, which highlights America¿s growing need for scientists, engineers, and a skilled technical workforce, and the gap in producing these professionals. Emerging national demographics suggest enough is not being done to attract women and underrepresented minorities to these professions (Council on Competitiveness, 2001). Another compelling factor is the inadequacy of K-12 science instruction in the U.S. compared to other nations (Linn, 2000).
This project creates and implements programs that better educate students regarding science concepts, the scientific inquiry process, and related careers. CERTL in partnership with the Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools (WS/FCS) and SciWorks will:
¿Create inquiry-based lesson plans for K-12 students to deepen understanding of research science, clinical research, and public health.
¿Provide professional development for K-12 teachers to deliver inquiry-based lessons.
¿Expose students and teachers to career options in biomedical research through the development of inquiry-based lesson plans.
¿Create enrichment opportunities for K-12 students designed to attract them to careers in biomedical research.
¿Develop a tiered model of professional development leading to mastery of inquiry based approaches and capacity to disseminate to other teachers through that mastery.
The project, entitled Mastery And Success for Students in Science or MASS Science, achieves the objectives described above through these specific aims:
¿Professional development for teachers in an inquiry-based methodology, Problem-Based Learning (PBL), designed to increase student understanding of scientific inquiry and their awareness of careers in science and related fields.
¿A tiered model of professional development opportunities leading to mastery of inquiry approaches and capacity to disseminate to other teachers.
¿Instructional material development to support inquiry-based lessons plans in the PBL methodology.
¿Assisted classroom implementation of the PBL materials created for this project.
¿An evaluation design to support systematic collection of data regarding the impact of inquiry-based instruction on students¿ knowledge and attitudes about science concepts, scientific inquiry, and the translation of these topics to public health.
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