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Collaborations to Advance Understanding Science and Ethics (CAUSE)
Grant Code: R25RR016284
Funding Years: 09/30/2003 - 08/31/2006
Institution: University of Washington
Department: School of Nursing, Dept of Biobehavioral Nursing
Address:
Box 357266
Seattle, WA, 98195
PI:
CUNNINGHAM, SUSANNA,
Phone: (206) 616-1963
Fax: (206) 543-4771
Email: susannac@u.washington.edu
OTHER CONTACT:
ADLER, SUSAN,
Phone: (206) 957-3337 ext 302
Fax:
Email: susan@nwabr.org
OTHER CONTACT:
WINDSCHITL, MARCH,
Phone:
Fax:
Email: mwind@u.washington.edu
OTHER CONTACT:
CHOWNING, JEANNE,
Phone: (206) 957-3337 ext 303
Fax:
Email: jchowning@nwabr.org
URL: http://www.nwabr.org/education/prodev.html
Audience
Secondary school (7-12) students and teachers
Subjects Addressed
Bioethics (including stem cells, HIV/global health)
Project Description
This program forges a partnership among scientists, ethicists, and educators in order to prepare students to explore social and ethical questions surrounding biomedical research and to help students consider how these questions will influence their lives. Our primary goals are to increase public understanding of: 1) ethics and its relation to science, in order to foster discourse based on thoughtful analysis and critical reasoning; 2) the nature of biomedical research, particularly with respect to the role of study design, scientific models, and clinical trials. The program addresses these goals by developing specific resources for secondary science teachers (including an Ethics Primer plus curriculum units on HIV vaccines, stem cells, and genetic testing) and by providing professional development for teachers in the use of these resources.
Resources for Sharing
1) Ethics Primer. The Ethics Primer provides engaging, interactive, classroom-friendly lesson ideas for integrating elements of critical reasoning about ethical issues into a science classroom. It also provides a conceptual framework for understanding ethics as a discipline, with straightforward descriptions of major ethical theories and decision-making frameworks. 2) Curriculum Unit - The Science and Ethics of HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials. This curriculum unit focuses on the science of the HIV virus, the research process that targets vaccine development, and the important ethical guidelines that govern research. 3) Curriculum Unit - The Science and Ethics of Stem Cells. This unit helps clarify the various dimensions of stem cell research - ethical, legal, social, and scientific. 4) Speaker Training Manual for Scientists. This manual serves as a resource for scientists who wish to communicate more effectively about the ethical use of animals in research.
Dissemination Strategies
1) Online Ethics and Science distance-learning course for secondary science teachers featuring elements from the Ethics Primer as well as the `Ethics in the Science Classroom- intensive professional development program. 2) Expanded professional development and leadership opportunities for teachers both locally and nationally, including a `Leaders Institute- for past program participants and workshops offered in collaboration with the States United for Biomedical Research network. 3) Distribution of resources through web-based networks and teacher professional conferences.
Abstract
UW and the Washington Association for Biomedical Research (WABR) seek three years of funding for 'Collaborations to Advance Understanding Science and Ethics' (CAUSE). The CAUSE partners aim to develop educational resources to support the teaching of bioethics at the secondary science school level, including: three bioethics curriculum units and one modular ethics primer, a series of summer professional in-services for secondary educators related to the classroom use of the units, and additional training and written materials to promote leadership and provide professional development strategies for science teachers. The CAUSE materials will use real-life scenarios and case study approaches in order to teach science content and address the complex and sensitive ethical issues raised by biomedical research. Through integration of science and ethics, teachers will empower their students to develop critical skills needed to question, research, and challenge the information they receive. Proposed curriculum units will focus on the ethics of recombinant DNA research, stem cells and organ transplantation, and human clinical trials. Lastly, the CAUSE program will promote the development of an ethics component to the successful Speakers' Bureau managed by WABR. Together, the CAUSE partners intend to create continuing opportunities for scientists and educators to work together in preparing all students to become thoughtful, responsible, and informed citizens.
Keywords
curriculum; ethics; bioethics; middle school; high school; HIV; AIDS; Stem cells; science and society; professional development, biology
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