IGE: Building practical, evidence-based teaching capacity in tomorrow's doctorates

未来的教职员工可以预期，他们将教授来自不同人群的学生。尽管接受大学科学教育的机会已经民主化，但用来教授这些不同类别学生的方法并不总是与基于证据的最佳实践相一致。该项目实施并评估了一种面向未来教师的培训方法，该方法在多阶段的实践经验中利用包容性科学教学的最佳实践。美国国家科学基金会研究生教育创新奖(IGE)授予华盛顿大学，该奖项将利用顶尖专业发展模式的最佳特征，创新地为未来的教授做好准备，以应对教授大学STEM课程的独特挑战。参与的研究生将教授的本科生将进入劳动力大军，拥有超过基本记忆的知识：他们还将了解科学实践，知道如何应用科学思维和产生科学问题，并准备参与一个更多样化和更有效的科学社区。该项目在现代研究生工作的限制下平衡了尖端教师的发展，以培养科学和教学的双重专长。积极教学技能的实践将帮助受训者开发课堂工具和教学方法，将吸引人的工作交到学生手中。来自专家讲师、外部顾问、测试教室和他们自己的视频分析的快速反馈将进一步促进他们作为教师的发展，使他们能够有效地使用远远超出简单被动讲授的方法。在围绕自己的前沿研究制定教学大纲的同时，学员将在以多样性和公平为中心的教学课程中接受挑战的指导。准备好后，学员将向大学大四学生教授他们自己指导的课程，作为职业生涯的起点，包括雄心勃勃和公平的科学教学。这些课程将向本科生直接介绍他们研究领域的最新研究，由积极从事这项工作的科学家教授。将通过与学生的面谈、学生项目工作和该领域专家导师的专业评估来调查和交流每个研究生教师培训的成功情况。总的来说，这些结果将为对培训方法的总体评价提供信息。研究生教育创新(IGE)项目专注于研究生教育的研究。IGE的目标是试验、测试和验证研究生教育的创新方法，并产生将这些方法推广到更广泛社区所需的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Future faculty can expect that they will instruct students from many diverse populations. While access to college science education has democratized, the methods used to teach these diverse cohorts of students are not always aligned with evidence-based best practices. This project implements and evaluates a training approach for future faculty that leverages best practices in inclusive science teaching within a multi-stage practical experience. This National Science Foundation Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) award to the University of Washington will make use of the best features of top professional development models to innovatively prepare future professors for the unique challenges of teaching college STEM courses. The undergraduate students that the participating graduate students will teach will join the workforce having more than basic memorized knowledge: they will also understand scientific practice, know how to apply scientific thinking and generate scientific questions, and be prepared to partake in a more diverse and effective scientific community. This project balances cutting-edge teacher development within the constraints of modern graduate work to develop dual expertise in science and teaching. Practice of active teaching skills will help trainees develop classroom tools and teaching approaches that put engaging work in the hands of their students. Rapid feedback from expert instructors, outside consultants, test classrooms, and their own video analysis will further their development as teachers capable of effectively employing methods far beyond simple passive lecturing. While developing a syllabus around their own cutting-edge research, trainees will be guided through challenges in a teaching course centered on diversity and equity for all students. When ready, trainees will teach their own mentored courses to college seniors as a starting point for careers that include ambitious and equitable teaching of science. These courses will introduce undergraduates directly to current research in their field of study as taught by the scientists actively doing the work. Success of the training for each graduate instructor will be investigated and communicated through interviews with students, student project work, and professional evaluation by expert instructors in the field. Collectively, these results will inform the overall evaluation of the training approach. The Innovations in Graduate Education (IGE) program is focused on research in graduate education. The goals of IGE are to pilot, test and validate innovative approaches to graduate education and to generate the knowledge required to move these approaches into the broader community.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.