Inquiry-Based-Learning Modules for Conservation Biology Education

多学科交叉保护地球的生物多样性是一个紧迫的问题，它激发和激励着来自各种机构和学科背景的学生。保护生物学现在被广泛地教授，但由于缺乏资源来捕捉其探究式学习的潜力，它受到了严重的阻碍。为了促进保护生物学课程内容、课程设置和教育实践的变化，美国自然历史博物馆生物多样性与保护中心（CBC）、纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院（SUNY-ESF）和缅因大学（UMaine）建立了合作伙伴关系，将教师、研究生和本科生与实践专业人员联系起来，生成一套广泛的课堂测试，inquiry-based-learning材料。每个完成的模块草案将在缅因州和纽约州立大学esf以及几个试验点的课堂环境中进行评估：安提俄克新英格兰研究生院、霍利奥克社区学院、雷曼学院、纽约城市大学、长岛大学、伍drow Wilson国家奖学金基金会、普雷斯科特学院和哥伦比亚大学。一个显著的项目特点是它的自我持续传播。将通过三种媒体向本科教师分发材料：1)由商业出版商出版的编辑卷；2)中国广播公司按成本价分发的光盘；3)通过中央广播公司主办的互联网门户网站。在三年的时间里，大约50名教师和50名学生将直接开发材料；25门不同课程的约20名教师将在试点地点对至少600名本科生进行模块测试，并提供反馈。

Interdisciplinary (99)Conservation of the earth's biological diversity is a pressing problem that excites andmotivates students from a wide range of institutions and disciplinary backgrounds.Conservation biology is widely taught now, but it is seriously hampered by a lack ofresources that capture its potential for inquiry-based learning. To foster changes in coursecontent, curricula, and educational practices in conservation biology, The Center forBiodiversity and Conservation (CBC) at the American Museum of Natural History, theState University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), and the University of Maine (UMaine) have formed a partnership to link faculty,graduate students, and undergraduates with practicing professionals to generate anextensive set of classroom-tested, inquiry-based-learning materials. Each completed draftmodule will be evaluated in a classroom situation at UMaine and SUNY-ESF as well asat several pilot sites: Antioch New England Graduate School, Holyoke CommunityCollege, Lehman College, City University of New York, Long Island University,Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Prescott College, and ColumbiaUniversity. A distinguishing project feature is its self-sustaining dissemination.Distribution of materials to undergraduate instructors will happen through three media: 1)an edited volume published by a commercial publisher; 2) CD-ROMs distributed by theCBC at cost; and 3) via an internet portal website hosted by the CBC. Over three years,approximately 50 instructors and 50 students will work directly on developing materials;about 20 instructors in 25 diverse courses will test modules with at least 600undergraduate students at pilot sites and provide feedback.