Inquiry-Based-Learning Modules for Conservation Biology Education

保护生物学教育探究式学习模块

• 批准号: 0127506
• 负责人: Eleanor Sterling
• 金额: $ 49.92万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0127506&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inquiry; Based; Learning; Modules; Conservation

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.

跨学科（99）保护地球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。保护生物学现在已被广泛教授，但由于缺乏资源来捕捉其潜力，因此受到严重阻碍。探究式学习。为了促进保护生物学的课程、教学大纲和教育实践的改革，美国自然历史博物馆生物多样性和保护中心（CBC）、纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院（SUNY-ESF）和缅因州大学（U缅因州）建立了伙伴关系，将教师、研究生、和本科生与实践的专业人士，以产生一个广泛的一套课堂测试，探究为基础的学习材料。每个完成的草稿模块将在缅因大学和纽约州立大学-ESF以及几个试点学校的课堂环境中进行评估：安提阿新英格兰研究生院、霍利奥克社区学院、雷曼学院、纽约城市大学、长岛大学、伍德罗·威尔逊国家奖学金基金会、普雷斯科特学院和哥伦比亚大学。项目的一个显著特点是其自我维持的传播。将通过三种媒体向本科生教师分发材料：1）由商业出版商出版的编辑卷; 2）CBC以成本价分发的CD-ROM;以及3）通过CBC托管的互联网门户网站。在三年内，大约50名教师和50名学生将直接开发材料; 25个不同课程的大约20名教师将在试点地点与至少600名本科生测试模块并提供反馈。