Teaching Matters: Improving Microbiology Education in the U.S.

教学问题：改善美国的微生物学教育

• 批准号: 9653467
• 负责人: Jeffrey Sich
• 金额: $ 5.01万
• 依托单位: American Society For Microbiology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-01-01 至 1999-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9653467&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Teaching; Matters; Improving; Microbiology; Education

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) proposes a three-year plan to improve the teaching of undergraduate microbiology at the nation's two- and four-year institutions. This proposal will also support new faculty and/or postdoctoral fellows with a commitment to undergraduate teaching. The proposed program builds on previous experience of the Society in supporting undergraduate faculty. The project will: Increase faculty members' understanding of recent advances in the microbiological sciences and their familiarity with the Society's core content recommendations for the first course in microbiology; increase the number of faculty who are able to incorporate active learning into their classroom and laboratory instruction; improve the career development of new faculty and postdoctoral fellows who are considering academic careers which will involve significant teaching of undergraduate students; and facilitate sharing, disseminating, and evaluating resources available to improve the teaching of microbiology in the lecture hall and the laboratory. The project will culminate in a forum (the Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference) for the development, dissemination, and assessment of effective learning strategies for the teaching of the microbiological sciences at the undergraduate level. Activities prior to the forum will increase access to this forum by faculty from two-year and/or minority-serving institutions who might not otherwise be able to participate due to financial, disciplinary, or geographic barriers.

美国微生物学会（ASM）提出了一项三年计划，以改善全国两年制和四年制大学的本科微生物学教学。该提案还将支持新的教师和/或博士后研究员致力于本科教学。拟议的计划建立在社会在支持本科教师以前的经验。 该项目将：增加教员对微生物学科学最新进展的了解，并熟悉学会对微生物学第一门课程的核心内容建议;增加能够将主动学习纳入课堂和实验室教学的教员人数;改善新教师和博士后研究员的职业发展，他们正在考虑涉及以下重要教学的学术生涯：本科生;并促进分享，传播和评估现有资源，以改善微生物学在报告厅和实验室的教学。 该项目将最终在一个论坛（本科微生物学教育会议）的发展，传播和评估有效的学习策略，在本科层次的微生物科学教学。 论坛之前的活动将增加来自两年制和/或少数民族服务机构的教师进入该论坛的机会，否则他们可能由于财务，纪律或地理障碍而无法参加。