Redefining Research Integration in a Bachelor's Degree Focused on Ecology and Molecular Biology

重新定义以生态学和分子生物学为重点的学士学位研究整合

• 批准号: 1561004
• 负责人: Lisa Azure
• 金额: $ 252.66万
• 依托单位: United Tribes Technical College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-10-01 至 2023-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1561004&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Redefining; Research; Integration; Bachelor; Degree

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings and research capacity at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This project aligns directly with that goal, and moreover will inform the research literature on environmental science in several key areas of interest to and relevance to Indian country. United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) will revolutionize the environmental science program it offers to students by increasing the research capacity of the faculty and the institution, including project-based learning opportunities in the revised curriculum, focusing on faculty professional development, developing a BS in environmental science with an emphasis on ecology and molecular biology, and providing a bridge program that will both recruit students to the program and increase their college readiness for the program.

部落学院和大学方案的一个目标是提高为全国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学教学和研究能力。在这些机构扩大STEM课程和研究能力，扩大了学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性和回报的职业生涯的机会，为可能具有文化意义的领域提供了研究，并鼓励社区和一代人对科学和数学教育的欣赏。该项目直接与这一目标相一致，而且将为印度国家感兴趣和相关的几个关键领域的环境科学研究文献提供信息。 联合部落技术学院（UTTC）将通过提高教师和机构的研究能力，包括修订后的课程中基于项目的学习机会，重点关注教师专业发展，开发环境科学学士学位，彻底改变其为学生提供的环境科学课程，重点是生态学和分子生物学，并提供一个桥梁计划，既将招收学生的计划，并增加他们的大学准备的计划。