Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

本提案要求支持继续为社区大学教师提供以分子生物学和生物技术为主题的暑期学院。第一次是在1990年夏天，在国家科学基金会的资助下举行的：本科教师加强计划。提议在1992年和1993年夏季再开办两个类似的研究所。这些研讨会将由州社区学院和伊利诺伊大学共同主办。工作坊的目的是：1)提升教师对分子生物学和生物技术的知识；2)提供分子生物学方法和技术的实验室实践经验；3)鼓励制定个人教学计划，包括在参与者所在机构进行分子生物学和生物技术的教学；4)在州立社区学院生物教师和大学之间建立积极的教育伙伴关系。这些教师将建立一个网络，以便交流经验和信息，并继续进行在职教育。

This proposal requests support to continue offering summer institutes on the topics of molecular biology and biotechnology for community college teachers. The first of these was held in the summer of 1990 under an NSF grant: Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Program. Two more similar institutes are proposed to be offered in the summers of 1992 and 1993. The workshops will be cosponsored by the community colleges of the State and the University of Illinois. The objectives of the workshops are these: 1) to upgrade teachers' knowledge of molecular biology and biotechnology; 2) to provide hands-on laboratory experiences with the methods and techniques of molecular biology; 3) to encourage the formulation of a personal teaching plan for including instruction in molecular biology and biotechnology at the participant's home institution, and 4) to form an active educational partnership between the state community college biology teachers and the University. These teachers will establish a network for the purposes of sharing experiences and information and for continuing in-service education.