NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Inclusive Biologists Exploring Active Research with Students (iBEARS)

NSF包括计划助学金：包容性生物学探索与学生的积极研究(IBEARS)：在本科STEM课程中注入21世纪技能发展NSF包括计划助学金由NSF在全国范围内纳入未被充分代表的工程和科学发现者社区(NSF Includes)资助，这是一项综合性的全国性倡议，旨在通过关注多样性、包容性和扩大对STEM的规模参与来加强美国在发现和创新方面的领导地位。这项计划拨款的目标是通过将当前和未来从事积极研究的包容性生物学家与学生(IBEARS)合作者(来自生物和教育部门的教师、中学科学系管理人员和中学科学教师)联系起来，创建一个共同的愿景，以扩大和扩大当前正在进行的项目，将21世纪的专业技能发展注入本科STEM课程。在这笔赠款中，21世纪的专业技能是指具有领域中立能力(如沟通、创造力和解决问题)的技能，雇主认为这些技能对于在以全球化和快速技术变革为特征的经济中取得成功非常重要。与其他同龄人相比，本科理科专业的少数群体获得21世纪专业技能的机会较少，这可能会使他们在毕业后获得高薪或有声望的工作的竞争力降低。这种不平等导致STEM劳动力缺乏视角的多样性，导致创新和创造性产出的减少。共享愿景项目的方法是举办一次研讨会，将生物和教育教师、4-8年级教师和对纳入感兴趣的学校管理人员聚集在一起，为iBEARS的实施分享资源和基于证据的实践。具体而言，将召开为期两天的研讨会，帮助iBEARS网络新成员计划iBEARS在课堂上的实施和评估，并促进网络参与者之间的合作，开发新的iBEARS资源和产品。参与者将体验iBEARS当前4-8年级班级的演示，参与iBEARS本科生和4-8年级教师的问答环节，并了解iBEARS支持的课堂中使用的循证教学技术。学员将带着如何支持教师在班级和机构范围内实施iBEARS的详细计划离开研讨会。预计团队可能会提出新的研究问题进行探索，从而根据参与者的具体兴趣制定新的研究议程。为了提供一个合作的平台，并容纳所有的iBEARS资源，使资源可以免费访问，将建立一个QUBEShub网站。该网站将促进iBEARS合作者、iBEARS指导委员会成员和其他主要利益相关者之间的互动。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。

NSF INCLUDES Planning Grant: Inclusive Biology Exploring Active Research with Students (iBEARS): Infusing 21st Century Skill Development in Undergraduate STEM CurriculumThis NSF INCLUDES planning grant is funded by NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Underrepresented Discoverers in Engineering and Science (NSF INCLUDES), a comprehensive national initiative to enhance U.S. leadership in discoveries and innovations by focusing on diversity, inclusion, and broadening participation in STEM at scale. The goal of this planning grant is to create a shared vision by connecting current and future Inclusive Biologists Engaging in Active Research with Students (iBEARS) collaborators (faculty from biology and education departments, middle school science department administrators, and middle school science teachers) to expand and scale up the current, ongoing project infusing 21st century professional skill development into undergraduate STEM curriculum. For the purposes of this grant, 21st century professional skills are skills with domain-neutral competencies (such as communication, creativity, and problem-solving) that employers identify as important for success in an economy characterized by globalization and rapid technological change. Minoritized populations in undergraduate science programs have access to fewer opportunities to acquire 21st century professional skills when compared to other peer groups, which may make them less competitive for high paying or prestigious jobs after graduation. This inequity results in a lack of diversity of perspectives in the STEM workforce, leading to reduced innovation and creative output.The approach to the shared visioning project is to hold a workshop bringing together biology and education faculty, 4th-8th grade teachers, and school administrators interested in inclusion to share resources and evidence-based practices for iBEARS implementation. Specifically, a two-day workshop will be convened to help new iBEARS network members plan for iBEARS implementation and assessment in the classrooms as well as facilitate the collaboration of network participants to develop new iBEARS resources and products. Participants will experience iBEARS presentations from current 4th-8th grade classes, participate in question and answer sessions with iBEARS undergraduates and 4th-8th grade teachers, and learn about the evidence-based instructional techniques used in iBEARS-supported classrooms. Participants will leave the workshop with a detailed plan as to how faculty will be supported to implement iBEARS in classes and institution wide. It is also expected that teams may come up with novel research questions to explore, thereby developing a novel research agenda based on participants’ specific interests. To provide a platform for collaboration and house all iBEARS resources, making the resources freely accessible, a QUBEShub website will be constructed. This website will facilitate interactions between iBEARS collaborators, iBEARS steering committee members, and other key stakeholders.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.