BioCore Guide: A Tool for Interpreting the Core Concepts of Vision and Change for Biology Majors
BioCore Guide: A Tool for Interpreting the Core Concepts of Vision and Change for Biology Majors
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DOI：
10.1187/cbe.13-12-0233
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发表时间：
2014-06-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Crowe, Alison J.
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作者：
Brownell, Sara E.;Freeman, Scott;Crowe, Alison J.
本科生物学教育的愿景和变化概述了旨在指导本科生物学教育的五个核心概念：1）进化; 2）结构和功能; 3）信息流，交换和存储; 4）能量和物质的途径和转化;和5）系统。我们已经采取了这些一般性的建议，并创建了一个愿景和变化BioCoreGuide-一套一般原则和具体的声明，扩大了核心概念，创建一个框架，生物部门可以使用，以配合愿景和变化的目标。我们使用了一种草根的方法来生成BioCore指南，从教师的想法开始，作为一个迭代过程的基础，该过程结合了来自美国各地不同学术机构的240多名生物学家和生物学教育工作者的反馈。这一过程的最后验证步骤显示了强大的全国共识，超过90%的受访者同意声明的重要性和科学准确性。这是我们的希望，生物核心指南将作为生物系的变化代理人，因为我们走向转变本科生物学教育。
Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education outlined five core concepts intended to guide undergraduate biology education: 1) evolution; 2) structure and function; 3) information flow, exchange, and storage; 4) pathways and transformations of energy and matter; and 5) systems. We have taken these general recommendations and created a Vision and Change BioCoreGuide-a set of general principles and specific statements that expand upon the core concepts, creating a framework that biology departments can use to align with the goals of Vision and Change. We used a grassroots approach to generate the BioCore Guide, beginning with faculty ideas as the basis for an iterative process that incorporated feedback from more than 240 biologists and biology educators at a diverse range of academic institutions throughout the United States. The final validation step in this process demonstrated strong national consensus, with more than 90% of respondents agreeing with the importance and scientific accuracy of the statements. It is our hope that the BioCore Guide will serve as an agent of change for biology departments as we move toward transforming undergraduate biology education.