A Slice of Life: An Introductory Biology Course

生活的一部分：生物学入门课程

• 批准号: 9254280
• 负责人: Diane Ebert-May
• 金额: $ 41.21万
• 依托单位: Northern Arizona University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-09-15 至 1998-09-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9254280&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Slice; Life; Introductory; Biology; Course

We propose a project designed to increase the scientific literacy of undergraduate non-majors at Northern Arizona University and community colleges in Arizona with predominantly ethnic minority populations, Navajo Community College, Pima Community College, and Cochise Community College. The project has four major foci: (1) We intend to restructure an introductory biology course for non-majors so that it enhances students' scientific literacy and their understanding of multidisciplinary approaches to real-world problems. The laboratory component for the course will provide students the opportunity to do inquiry-based and research-oriented science. (2) We would effect systemic change at NAU and the three community colleges by developing and implementing professional development seminars and practical workshops for graduate teaching assistants and faculty. These workshops would explore new approaches to developing relevant and substantive curricular frameworks for introductory biology for non-majors. 3) We would test the restructuring of introductory biology through an experimental design that will enable us to determine what is the most effective design for two kinds of academic communities, state comprehensive university and a sample of community colleges in Arizona. 4) We would follow faculty and their students in a longitudinal study of the course's impacts. Our project -- A Slice of Life: An Introductory Biology Course -- represents an experimental approach to curriculum development that will determine "what works" in non- majors biology courses.

我们提出了一个旨在提高科学素养的项目 在北方亚利桑那大学的本科非专业， 亚利桑那州的社区学院，主要是少数民族 纳瓦霍社区学院，皮马社区学院， 科奇斯社区学院 该项目有四个重点：（1）我们打算重组一个 为非专业学生开设生物学入门课程， 学生的科学素养及其对 多学科的方法来解决现实世界的问题。 的 课程的实验室部分将为学生提供 有机会做基于调查和研究导向的科学。 （二） 我们将在NAU和三个社区实现系统性变革 通过开发和实施专业发展 为研究生助教举办研讨会和实践讲习班 和教员。 这些讲习班将探讨新的办法， 制定相关和实质性的课程框架， 非专业的生物学入门课 3)我们将测试 通过一个实验性的 设计，使我们能够确定什么是最有效的， 设计为两种学术共同体，国家综合 大学和亚利桑那州社区学院的样本。 4)我们 将跟踪教师和他们的学生进行纵向研究， 课程的影响。 我们的项目--一片生活：一个 生物学导论课程-代表一种实验方法 课程开发，将决定“什么工作”，在非- 主修生物课程。