RCN-UBE: Faculty Development Network for Undergraduate Biology (FDN-UB)

这个RCN-UBE网络项目旨在促进本科生物学教师的专业发展，以改善生物学的教与学，与愿景与变革报告中所要求的本科生物学教育的变化相一致。教师、科学教育研究人员和来自不同机构类型、地理位置和人口类别的高等教育专家之间的互动有限，阻碍了教师发展的进步。这个网络将创建、建立和支持一个从业者社区，他们将分析专业发展领域的现状，找出专业发展实践中的差距，然后让专业协会和其他组织参与一系列协调和合作的努力，以改善教师发展。目标是改善教师发展的机会，应加强所有机构环境下的生物学教学和学习。本科生物学教师发展网络将通过使用产生想法的网络集群会议、全网络综合会议、小型工作组会议和在线协作工具，促进对有效的生物学教师发展至关重要的主要选区之间的交流和伙伴关系。实践标准工作组正在综合最佳实践，并为生物教育专业发展和更广泛的专业发展社区汇编信息和资源。一个研究工作组正在确定我们对生物学专业发展的理解和/或实践中的差距和脱节，作为发展未来跨机构研究项目的起点，以解决与最佳实践和激励和维持变化的方法相关的问题。通过持续变革工作组的活动，该网络正在与中心、研究所和国家组织合作，以确定战略，以提供维持在国家会议和讲习班上发起的变革所需的地方的、基于机构的后续行动。作为一个整体，该网络与生物专业协会连接，以发展基于社会的团队，为生物教学和学习的专业发展提供共同的目标和材料。该项目由生物科学理事会和本科教育司教育和人力资源理事会共同资助，以支持应对《本科教育的愿景与变革：行动呼吁》http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/所提出的挑战

This RCN-UBE network project seeks to advance the professional development of undergraduate biology faculty to improve teaching and learning of biology consistent with changes in undergraduate biology education that are called for in the Vision and Change report. Progress in faculty development has been hampered by limited interaction among faculty members, science education researchers, and higher education experts from across different institutional types, geographic locations, and demographic categories. This network will create, build, and support a community of practitioners who will analyze the state of the field of professional development, identify gaps in the practice of professional development, then engage professional societies and other organizations to engage in a series of coordinated and collaborative efforts to improve of faculty development. The goal is that improved opportunities for faculty development should enhance biology teaching and learning in all institutional contexts.The Faculty Development Network for Undergraduate Biology will foster exchanges and partnerships between the major constituencies essential for effective biology faculty development through use of idea-generating network cluster meetings, all-network synthesis meetings, smaller working group meetings, and online collaboration tools. A Standards of Practice Working Group is synthesizing best practices, and compiling information and resources for professional development in biology education and for broader professional development communities. A Research Working Group is identifying gaps and disconnects in our understanding and/or practice of biology professional development as a starting point for developing future cross-institutional research projects to address questions related to best practices and ways to motivate and sustain change. Through the activities of the Sustaining Change Working Group, the network is partnering with centers, institutes, and national organizations to identify strategies for providing the local, institution-based follow-up needed to sustain changes initiated at national conferences and workshops. The network as a whole is interfacing with biology professional societies to develop society-based teams with common goals and materials for professional development in biology teaching and learning.This project is funded jointly by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate of Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education in support of efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Education: A Call to Action http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/