Using Research to Foster Interdisciplinary Learning in Science Education

9873774SwartzGrinnell学院被选为国家科学基金会研究与教育一体化奖的十名获奖者之一。 Grinnell开发并采用了成功的机制，培养了对终身学习的好奇心，并建立了一个教师和学生共同定义问题并寻求解决方案的社区。 该机构已实施了一项战略，提供行政结构，课程和教师发展支持，以及物质基础设施，以鼓励学术界的发展。该学院的努力，整合研究和教育的设计考虑到以下成果：增加学生做研究的机会，在入门课程中整合研究和基于发现的学习经验，提供现代化的仪器设备，采用新技术，继续参与致力于科学教育改革的国家论坛，并促进科学界的社区意识。格林内尔学院将获得50万美元，以推进研究和教育相结合的机构目标，记录和传播其示范活动的信息，并在未来三年通过开展外联活动扩大研究与教育的结合。 新科学项目的创建解决了影响有色人种，女性和第一代大学生的成功障碍。 这项活动已经发展成为全国范围内的改革模式，其中心是制定方法，为学生提供最适合特定学习风格的课程选择，并支持系统，使学生能够在早期提高成绩。 格林内尔的改革努力的成功使该机构成为其他文科机构寻求为所有学生重塑科学教育的典范。

9873774SwartzGrinnell College has been selected as one of ten recipients of the National Science Foundation's Awards for the Integration of Research and Education. Grinnell has developed and employed successful mechanisms that foster curiosity to life long learning, and has built a community in which teachers and students define problems and seek solutions together. The institution has implemented a strategy that provides administrative structures, curricular and faculty development support, and physical infrastructure to encourage academic community growth.The College's efforts to integrate research and education were designed with the following outcomes in mind: increasing student opportunities to do research, integrating research and discovery-based learning experiences in introductory courses, providing modern instrumentation and incorporating new technologies, continuing the College's involvement in national forums devoted to science education reform, and promoting a sense of community in the sciences.Grinnell College is being awarded $500,000 to advance institutional goals of integrating research and education, document and disseminate information of its exemplary activities, and expand the integration of research and education by conducting outreach activities over the coming three years. The creation of the New Science Project addresses barriers to success that impact students of color, women, and first-generation college students. This activity has grown into a national model for institution-wide reform that centers on developing ways to provide students with curricular choices that best suit particular learning styles, and support systems that enable students to improve their performance in the early years. The success of Grinnell's reform efforts positions the institution to become a model for other liberal arts institutions seeking to reshape science education for all their students.