Pilot of Southeast Regional PULSE (SERP) Institute for Inspiring and Supporting Department-wide Reform of Undergraduate Life Sciences Education

东南地区 PULSE (SERP) 研究所试点，以激励和支持全系本科生命科学教育改革

• 批准号: 1723614
• 负责人: Ellen Goldey
• 金额: $ 0.34万
• 依托单位: Florida Atlantic University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-09-10 至 2017-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1723614&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Pilot; Southeast; Regional; PULSE; SERP

An award has been made to coordinate and evaluate the first Southeast Regional PULSE (SERP) Institute, which will be held on the campus of the University of Richmond from June 18-22, 2014. The Institute promotes the mission of the Partnership for Undergraduate Life Science Education (PULSE) to stimulate whole departments to undertake the type of transformative changes recommended in the report Vision and Change in Undergraduate Education: A Call to Action (AAAS, 2011), so as to promote student learning of core concepts and competencies, improve student retention in the sciences, and produce more curious and scientifically literate citizens. In September 2012, the PULSE founders from HHMI, NIGMS, and NSF appointed 40 Vision and Change Leadership Fellows to pursue this mission, and the SERP Institute will be coordinated by the 14 PULSE Fellows located in the Southeast.The current award funds the first Southeast PULSE Regional (SERP) Institute, which will host teams from up to 20 colleges and universities, with at least 30% from minority-serving institutions. The SERP Institute will begin with institutional teams conducting a departmental self-assessment using the STEM Department Evaluation Rubric developed by the Leadership Fellows, and participants will plan their attendance at subsequent workshops based on the areas they identify as unfamiliar and/or high priority for improvement. Each team's administrator will be encouraged to attend sessions led by administrators who have supported reform, and these leaders will share advice, successful strategies, and ways to overcome common obstacles. Prior to departure from the Institute, each team will develop an action plan to target improvements in their program for the next academic year and beyond. The project's assessment plan, developed in partnership with the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS), will include feedback on the structure and function of the Institute as well as evaluation of each team's progress based on data collected before, during and after the SERP Institute. Teams will also be encouraged to use particular assessment tools to evaluate student learning outcomes and dispositions as well as changes in faculty teaching practices and attitudes. Each team will provide an update on their progress during a poster discussion session at the annual meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists (which occurs ten months after the Institute), and the southeast PULSE Fellows will present the results of this project at the annual Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACS-COC) Conference, the AAC&U STEM Conference, disciplinary conferences, a publication in CBE-Life Sciences Education, and via the http://www.pulsecommunity.org website.This project is funded jointly by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate of Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education support of efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Education: A Call to Action http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/.

已颁发奖项来协调和评估首届东南地区 PULSE (SERP) 研究所，该研究所将于 2014 年 6 月 18 日至 22 日在里士满大学校园举行。该研究所宣扬本科生生命科学教育合作伙伴关系 (PULSE) 的使命，即激励各院系进行《本科教育愿景与变革：行动呼吁》（AAAS，2011 年）报告中建议的变革型变革，从而促进学生 学习核心概念和能力，提高学生对科学的保留率，并培养更具好奇心和科学素养的公民。 2012 年 9 月，来自 HHMI、NIGMS 和 NSF 的 PULSE 创始人任命了 40 名愿景和变革领导力研究员来完成这一使命，SERP 研究所将由位于东南部的 14 名 PULSE 研究员进行协调。当前的奖项资助第一个东南 PULSE 地区 (SERP) 研究所，该研究所将容纳来自多达 20 所学院和大学的团队，其中至少 30% 来自少数族裔服务机构。 SERP 研究所将首先让机构团队使用领导力研究员制定的 STEM 部门评估标准进行部门自我评估，参与者将根据他们认为不熟悉和/或高度优先改进的领域计划参加后续研讨会。我们将鼓励每个团队的管理员参加由支持改革的管理员主持的会议，这些领导者将分享建议、成功策略以及克服共同障碍的方法。在离开研究所之前，每个团队将制定一项行动计划，以改进下一学年及以后的计划。该项目的评估计划是与美国生物科学研究所 (AIBS) 合作制定的，将包括对该研究所结构和功能的反馈，以及根据 SERP 研究所之前、期间和之后收集的数据对每个团队的进展进行评估。还将鼓励团队使用特定的评估工具来评估学生的学习成果和性格以及教师教学实践和态度的变化。每个团队将在东南生物学家协会年会（研究所成立十个月后举行）的海报讨论会上提供最新进展，东南 PULSE 研究员将在年度南方学院和学校委员会学院委员会 (SACS-COC) 会议、AAC&U STEM 会议、学科会议、《CBE-生命科学教育》杂志上的出版物以及通过 http://www.pulsecommunity.org 网站。该项目由生物科学理事会和教育和人力资源理事会、本科教育司联合资助，支持应对《本科教育愿景与变革：行动呼吁》中提出的挑战http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/。