Open AccessOutreach: Empowering Students and Teachers to Fish Outside the Box
Author(s) -
Jamie R. Shuda,
Danielle Kearns-Sixsmith
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
zebrafish
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1557-8542
pISSN - 1545-8547
DOI - 10.1089/zeb.2008.0568
Subject(s) - outreach , enthusiasm , general partnership , medical education , science education , process (computing) , mathematics education , pedagogy , sociology , psychology , political science , computer science , medicine , social psychology , law , operating system
The purpose of the Project BioEYES Outreach Program is to foster an enthusiasm for science education, promote interest for future participation in a biology-related field, and allow all students the opportunity to learn life science through a hands-on, student-centered approach to instruction. In the 7 years since the program's inception, we have studied our growth and impact in and out of the classroom. Our model of promoting science education through a University-K12 partnership is exemplified by Project BioEYES success in multiple cities. This effort has allowed students to perform real experiments as lead scientists in their own classrooms. The University-K12 partnership model has also provided teachers with the training and skills needed to facilitate their teaching of the experimental process by integrating complex scientific concepts into the classroom setting. Our demonstrated success with Project BioEYES in a number of large public school districts supports our effort to disseminate Project BioEYES both nationally and internationally.