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

这个RCN-UBE网络项目旨在推进本科生物学教师的专业发展，以改善生物学的教学和学习，与本科生物学教育的变化相一致，这些变化在《愿景与变化》报告中被要求。教师发展的进展受到了阻碍，教师，科学教育研究人员和高等教育专家之间的互动有限，来自不同的机构类型，地理位置和人口类别。 该网络将创建，建立和支持一个从业者社区，他们将分析专业发展领域的状况，确定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协作努力，以改善教师发展。我们的目标是改善教师发展的机会，应提高生物学教学和学习在所有机构contexting.The教师发展网络本科生物学将促进交流和合作关系的主要选区之间的有效生物学教师的发展，通过使用思想生成网络集群会议，全网络合成会议，较小的工作组会议，和在线协作工具。实践标准工作组正在综合最佳实践，并为生物学教育的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，作为开发未来跨机构研究项目的起点，以解决与激励和维持变革的最佳实践和方法相关的问题。通过持续变革工作组的活动，该网络正在与各中心、研究所和国家组织合作，以确定战略，提供维持在国家会议和讲习班上发起的变革所需的地方和机构后续行动。该网络作为一个整体正在与生物学专业协会建立联系，以发展具有共同目标和材料的基于社会的团队，以促进生物学教学和学习的专业发展。该项目由生物科学理事会和本科教育部教育和人力资源理事会共同资助，以支持应对本科教育中的愿景和变革所带来的挑战：行动呼吁www.example.com

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/