RCN-UBE: Preparing to Prepare the 21st Century Biology Student: Using Scientific Societies as Change Agents for the Introductory Biology Experience

RCN-UBE：准备培养 21 世纪的生物学学生：利用科学协会作为生物学入门体验的变革推动者

• 批准号: 0840911
• 负责人: Gordon Uno
• 金额: $ 49.79万
• 依托单位: University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2015-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0840911&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Preparing; Prepare; 21st

The University of Oklahoma and the American Institute of Biological Sciences, in collaboration with key national biological societies, will articulate a shared vision of how best to prepare biology students and scientifically literate citizens. This project, entitled Preparing to Prepare the 21st Century Biology Student, will use a series of networking meetings over a five-year period to mobilize leading faculty in undergraduate biology education. Primary goals of these meetings will be to develop a model of introductory biology experiences, to develop an online communication network that connects biologists, biology education projects, and biological societies actively engaged in undergraduate biology education, and to help faculty reform their basic biology courses with the help of scientific societies to which the faculty belong. The project has three major components: 1) small face-to-face meetings to promote innovation in reform activities aimed at the Introductory Biology experience; 2) larger face-to-face meetings to coordinate disparate approaches in Introductory Biology and to increase the use of existing best practices throughout scientific societies; and 3) a communication network linking scientific societies and their members to promote widely both innovation and adaptation of best practices and research in biology education. The network also will provide answers to questions from instructors as they attempt to implement biological education reform strategies. Hundreds of faculty members who teach thousands of students will participate in the face-to-face meetings, and these participants will lead professional development activities for their colleagues during annual meetings of their scientific societies. The intellectual merit of the project arises from the likelihood that it will catalyze significant improvements in undergraduate biology education. The broader impacts of the project will result from a broad distribution of best practices through the network, by participating scientific societies, and by participating faculty at their home institutions.

俄克拉荷马州大学和美国生物科学研究所与主要的国家生物学会合作，将阐明如何最好地培养生物学学生和科学素养的公民的共同愿景。这个项目，题为准备准备21世纪世纪生物学的学生，将使用一系列的网络会议，在五年的时间内，动员领先的教师在本科生物学教育。这些会议的主要目标将是开发一个模型的介绍生物学的经验，开发一个在线通信网络，连接生物学家，生物教育项目，并积极参与本科生物学教育的生物学会，并帮助教师改革他们的基础生物学课程的帮助下，科学学会的教师所属。该项目有三个主要组成部分：1）小型面对面会议，以促进创新的改革活动，旨在介绍生物学的经验; 2）较大的面对面会议，以协调不同的方法在介绍生物学和增加使用现有的最佳做法在整个科学社会;（3）一个联系科学学会及其成员的交流网络，以广泛促进生物学教育中最佳做法和研究的创新和调整。该网络还将回答教师在试图实施生物教育改革战略时提出的问题。数百名教授数千名学生的教职员工将参加面对面的会议，这些参与者将在他们的科学学会年会期间为他们的同事领导专业发展活动。该项目的智力价值来自于它将催化本科生物学教育的重大改进的可能性。该项目的更广泛影响将来自于通过网络、参与的科学学会和参与的教师在其所在机构广泛传播最佳做法。