Teaching Biodiversity Conservation: The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners

为了解决缺乏资源的问题，捕捉生物多样性保护的潜力，作为跨学科，探究式学习的基础，保护教育工作者和从业者网络（NCEP-美国），生物多样性和保护中心之间的伙伴关系，在美国自然历史博物馆，州立大学的纽约的环境科学和林业学院，和缅因州大学的教师，研究生和本科生与实践保护专业人士，正在产生一套课堂测试，调查为基础的学习材料，以增加到46个目前正在准备根据先前的CCLI赠款，DUE-0127506。 目前的项目通过以下方式继续并扩大了这种合作：（1）与不同的教师和学生合作开发和实地测试25个额外的模块。 (2)（3）在保育及生态学专业学会的会议上举办工作坊，以促进在课堂上使用这些单元，沿着积极的学与教技巧;及（4）扩大现行以教师为中心的评核策略，包括学生评核学习成效。正在讲习班上编写材料。智力优点：生物多样性保护是一个全球性的重大问题，人类活动造成的动植物物种的加速丧失，突出了对训练有素的环境专业人员的需求。 该项目通过提供最新的，灵活的资源，通过实验室，现场或课堂使用的调查为基础的练习，以改善生物多样性保护教学，满足这一需求。更广泛的影响：虽然这个项目主要是针对本科教师和学生，作为这个项目的一部分开发的材料是有用的不同的观众，包括中学教师和学生，专业人员和管理人员与生物多样性问题的工作。 目前正在努力吸收大量来自少数民族服务机构的教员。

To address the problem of a lack of resources that capture the potential of Biodiversity conservation to serve as a base for interdisciplinary, inquiry-based learning, The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP-US), a partnership among the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the University of Maine linking faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates with practicing conservation professionals, is generating a set of classroom-tested, inquiry-based learning materials to add to the 46 currently in preparation under a previous CCLI grant, DUE-0127506. The current project continues and expands this collaboration by: (1) developing and field-testing 25 additional modules in cooperation with a diverse group of faculty and students. (2) developing a new module component of "case studies," incorporating recent developments in research on active learning; (3) promoting classroom use of the modules, along with active learning and teaching techniques, through workshops at the meetings of professional societies associated with conservation and ecology; and (4) expanding current teacher-centered evaluation strategy to include student assessment of learning gains (SALG). Materials are being developed in a workshop setting. Intellectual merit: Biodiversity conservation is a globally significant issue, and the accelerated loss of plant and animal species brought on by human activities has heightened the need for well-trained environmental professionals. This project addresses this need by providing up-to-date, flexible resources for improving teaching in biodiversity conservation through inquiry-based exercises for laboratory, field, or classroom use. Broader impacts: While this project is directed primarily toward undergraduate faculty and students, the material developed as part of this project is useful to diverse audiences, including secondary school faculty and students, and professionals and managers working with biodiversity issues. Efforts are being made to include a significant number of faculty from minority-serving institutions.