REU SITE: Undergraduate Biology Education Research Program

本科生物学教育研究（UBER） REU网站在乔治亚大学生物科学系和数学与科学教育系的教师指导下，让本科生研究与生物学教学和学习有关的重要问题。这个为期九周的暑期项目的目标是培养本科生在生物教育研究方面的知识和技能，鼓励本科生攻读生物教学和学习的博士学位，通过战略性地招募和指导代表性不足和弱势的学生来扩大生物教育研究人才库的多样性，加强和扩大教师和学生在教育和生命科学方面的合作。并为生物教育理论和知识的发展做出贡献，以指导本科生物教学。在全国范围内，向本科生介绍生物教育研究学科的程序化努力是前所未有的。生物教育研究作为一门学科还很年轻，本科生的系统参与还没有成为生物学或教育的文化或实践的一部分。优步旨在促进文化变革，扩大本科生对生物教育研究的参与，并提高本科生的意识，即生物教学和学习是一个引人注目的研究重点，可以在研究生阶段和各种职业道路上追求。优步采用广泛和战略性招聘相结合的策略来吸引代表性不足的少数民族学生，以及在自己的机构没有机会获得生物教育研究机会的学生。评估计划包括长期跟踪优步参与者，以了解完成生物教育研究本科培训的学生的轨迹。美国国家科学基金会生物科学理事会生物基础设施部认可生物学学科中教育研究的重要性，为该项目提供了重要的共同资助。本科教育司和正式和非正式环境下的学习研究司也提供共同资助。

The Undergraduate Biology Education Research (UBER) REU Site engages undergraduates in studying important issues specific to the teaching and learning of biology, with mentorship from faculty in the Division of Biological Sciences and the Mathematics and Science Education Department at the University of Georgia. The goals of this nine-week summer program are to develop undergraduates' knowledge and skills in biology education research, encourage undergraduates to pursue doctoral study of biology teaching and learning, expand the diversity of the talent pool in biology education research by strategically recruiting and mentoring underrepresented and disadvantaged students, strengthen and expand collaborations among faculty and students in education and life sciences, and contribute to the development of theory and knowledge about biology education in ways that can inform undergraduate biology instruction. A programmatic effort to introduce undergraduates to the discipline of biology education research is unprecedented nationwide. Biology education research as a discipline is quite young, and systematic involvement of undergraduates has not been part of the culture or practice in biology or education. UBER aims to promote cultural change that expands the involvement of undergraduates in biology education research and raises awareness among undergraduates that biology teaching and learning are compelling foci for study that can be pursued at the graduate level and via various career paths. UBER utilizes a combined strategy of broad and strategic recruiting to attract underrepresented minority students as well as students who do not have access to biology education research opportunities at their own institutions. Evaluation plans involve tracking UBER participants over time to understand the trajectories of students who complete undergraduate training in biology education research.Significant co-funding of this project is provided by the Division of Biological Infrastructure in the NSF Directorate for Biological Sciences in recognition of the importance of educational research in the discipline of biology. The Division of Undergraduate Education and the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings also provides co-funding.