DrosoPHILA: A Partnership between Scientists and Teachers That Begins in the Lab and Continues into City Schools
Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: Here, we describe the development, structure, and effectiveness of an outreach program, DrosoPHILA, that leverages the tools of our fly neurodevelopmental research program at the University of Pennsylvania to reinforce the biology curriculum in local public schools. DrosoPHILA was developed and is sustained by a continued collaboration between members of the Bashaw lab, experienced outreach educators, and teachers in the School District of Philadelphia. Since the program's inception, we have collaborated with 18 teachers and over 2400 students. Student outcome data indicates significant positive attitude shifts around science identity and grade-appropriate knowledge gains.
Source: eNeuro
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,925
Funders: National Science Foundation, University of Pennsylvania, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Division of Integrative Organismal Systems, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Awards: G3479276667, G3542964835, G3846078414, Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance receptor regulation and signaling, Signaling Mechanisms that Regulate Axon Guidance at the CNS Midline, IRACDA at the University of Pennsylvania: Penn Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching (PennPORT)., Regulation of axon guidance receptor trafficking in the developing mammalian central nervous system
OpenAlex ID: W4319303409