Biology in Action: Integrated Approaches to Teaching and Learning Science

拉德福大学将为大约55-60名大学生物学教师举办为期五天的会议。 重点是专业和非专业的生物学入门课程。 会议的主要目标有三个方面。 首先，它将作为一个论坛，介绍生物教学中的课程创新，包括在拉德福大学与NSF支持下开发的课程创新。参与者将有更多的机会通过实践研讨会，小组讨论和评论来探索这些新方法。 因此，会议将促进适应和采用在全国各学院和大学证明成功的示范活动。 第二，会议将为与会者提供一个论坛，分享他们自己的实验室和课堂活动。 这将通过海报会议、小组讨论和协作工作会议来实现。 最后，会议将提供一个工具，建立和加强非正式的信息网络，连接全国各地的生物教师。 利用会议活动作为跳板，与会者将贡献一卷新的教材。 这份非正式出版物将分发给所有与会者和其他感兴趣的生物学教师。

Radford University will host a five-day conference for approximately 55-60 college biology teachers. The focus is introductory biology courses for majors and non-majors. The primary objectives of the conference are threefold. First, it will serve as a forum for presenting curricular innovations in biology teaching, including the ones developed with NSF support at Radford University. Participants will have extended opportunities to explore these new approaches through hands-on workshops, group discussions, and critiques. As a result, the conference will promote adaptation and adoption of model activities that have proven successful at various colleges and universities around the country. Second, the conference will provide a forum for participants to share their own laboratory and classroom activities. This will be accomplished through poster sessions, group discussions, and collaborative work sessions. Finally, the conference will provide a vehicle for establishing and strengthening informal information networks linking committed biology teachers throughout the country. Using conference activities as a springboard, participants will contribute to a volume of new teaching materials. This informal publication will be distributed to all conference participants and other interested biology teachers.