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

NSF包括计划资助：包容性生物学探索积极的研究与学生（iBEARS）；在本科STEM课程中注入21世纪的技能发展这项NSF INCLUDES计划拨款由NSF Inclusion全国工程和科学领域未被充分代表的发现者学习者社区（NSF INCLUDES）资助，这是一项全面的国家倡议，旨在通过关注多样性、包容性和扩大STEM的大规模参与来增强美国在发现和创新方面的领导地位。该计划的目标是通过将当前和未来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，中学科学部门的管理人员和中学科学教师）联系起来，创造一个共同的愿景，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融入本科STEM课程。就本基金而言，21世纪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在以全球化和快速技术变革为特征的经济中取得成功至关重要。与其他同龄人相比，攻读本科理科专业的少数族裔获得21世纪专业技能的机会更少，这可能会使他们在毕业后获得高薪或体面工作的竞争力下降。这种不平等导致STEM劳动力缺乏观点多样性，导致创新和创造性产出减少。共享愿景项目的方法是举办一个研讨会，将生物和教育教师、4 -8年级教师和对包容性感兴趣的学校管理人员聚集在一起，分享资源和基于证据的实践，以实现iBEARS。具体而言，将召开为期两天的研讨会，帮助iBEARS网络新成员规划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。参与者将体验来自当前4 -8年级班级的iBEARS演讲，参加与iBEARS本科生和4 -8年级教师的问答环节，并了解在iBEARS支持的课堂中使用的循证教学技术。与会者将带着详细的计划离开研讨会，了解如何支持教师在班级和机构范围内实施iBEARS。我们也期望团队可以提出新颖的研究问题来探索，从而根据参与者的具体兴趣制定出新颖的研究议程。为了提供一个协作平台，并容纳所有iBEARS资源，使资源免费访问，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关键利益相关者之间的互动。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.