Biological Education: Development of Curriculum Frameworks for High School, Two-Year and Four-Year Non-Majors Courses

生物学教育的衔接和非专业本科课程的改革需要明确生物学的基本概念，认识院校的独特性，并考虑大学预科教育在生命科学中的作用和影响。生物科学课程研究（BSCS）建议在大学预科和大学阶段完成生物教育的设计研究。本研究的目标是详细阐述生物学的概念结构，并确定适合高中、社区大学和非专业本科课程的课程框架。大学非专业生物学课程框架的开发可以为生物教育界提供实质性的领导作用。基于类似概念框架的高中课程的同步发展将有助于实现弥合大学预科和本科科学之间差距的目标。由于拟议的本科课程包括两年制学院，因此将为大量女性和少数民族学生提供服务，这些群体目前在科学教育中得不到充分的服务。这项为期11个月的研究将利用专家来识别和澄清生物学的主要概念，并为大学预科和大学课程推荐课程框架。本研究的建议将会出版，并分发给生物学及生物教育专业学会，以作进一步分发。

Articulation of biology education and reform of undergraduate programs for non-majors requires clarifying fundamental biological concepts, recognizing the unique characteristics of institutions, and considering the role and influence of pre- college education in the life sciences. The Biological Science Curriculum Study (BSCS) proposes to complete a design study of biology education at pre-college and college levels. The goals of the study are to elaborate the conceptual structure of biology and to determine appropriate curriculum frameworks for high school, community colleges, and undergraduate courses for non-majors. The development of curriculum frameworks for collegiate courses for non-majors biology can provide substantial leadership for the biology education community. The concurrent development of high school programs based on a similar conceptual framework will help accomplish the objective of bridging the gap between precollege and undergraduate science. Because the proposed undergraduate program includes two-year colleges large numbers of women and minority students will be served, groups that are currently underserved by science education.The eleven-month study will use experts to identify and clarify the major concepts of biology and recommend curriculum frameworks for pre-college and college programs. The recommendations of this study will be published and disseminated to professional societies in biology and biology education for further distribution.