RCN-UBE Incubator: The Wokini Undergraduate Biology Education Network

RCN-UBE 孵化器：Wokini 本科生物学教育网络

• 批准号: 2120633
• 负责人: Greg Heiberger
• 金额: $ 7.49万
• 依托单位: South Dakota State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-11-01 至 2023-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2120633&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Incubator; Wokini; Undergraduate

For institutions of higher learning to meet their goals of educating their students effectively, the curriculum must be designed to acknowledge and validate the experience of their various student populations. The Wokini (New beginnings in Lakota) Undergraduate Biology Education Network will create a group of scholars that integrates Indigenous thought and knowledge into the teaching of biology, while meeting the core competencies as defined in Vision and Change in undergraduate biology education. Applying Indigenous methodologies and localization techniques will empower the network participants to engage effectively with underrepresented Indigenous communities in the design of an instructional curriculum that supports both an Indigenous and scientific identity. Using a collective impact framework, the network will address ways to increase recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of Indigenous undergraduates in Biology and increase the number of Indigenous students pursuing graduate education in Biology. Understanding that this goal requires engaging students in culturally relevant learning, the network is highly diverse and draws on knowledge and expertise outside of biology. The formation and implementation of the Wokini Undergraduate Biology Education Network will connect Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty at land grant institutions and tribal colleges, enrolled tribal members, scientists, educational researchers, leaders of non-profit organizations and language and culture experts. This incubator award will allow the network to create a common language, shared understanding, and common goals through strategic planning, a virtual learning community, regular dialogue and a face-to-face summit in an Indigenous community. The network will collaboratively develop and grow a local and international network, which will create, share, and host resources through social media and an open-source digital hub for a more inclusive curriculum, co-curriculum, and pedagogy in undergraduate biology education. Resources will include case studies, activities, lesson plans, course based undergraduate research experiences, and laboratory activities. These activities have the potential to broaden participation and engagement of Indigenous students who are underrepresented and underserved in undergraduate biology and will also support all students in developing a deeper understanding of the life sciences. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO), Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/).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.

高等院校要想实现有效教育学生的目标，就必须在课程设计上承认并认可不同学生群体的经验。Wokini（拉科塔的新起点）本科生物教育网络将创建一群学者，将土著思想和知识融入生物学教学，同时满足本科生物教育愿景与变化中定义的核心能力。采用土著方法和本地化技术将使网络参与者能够有效地与代表性不足的土著社区接触，设计既支持土著身份又支持科学身份的教学课程。利用集体影响框架，该网络将设法增加生物学土著本科生的招聘、保留和毕业率，并增加攻读生物学研究生教育的土著学生人数。了解到这一目标要求学生参与与文化相关的学习，该网络高度多样化，并利用生物学以外的知识和专业知识。Wokini本科生物教育网络的形成和实施将把土地授予机构和部落学院的土著和非土著教师、注册部落成员、科学家、教育研究人员、非营利组织领导人以及语言和文化专家联系起来。这个孵化器奖将允许该网络通过战略规划、虚拟学习社区、定期对话和土著社区的面对面峰会，创造一种共同的语言、共同的理解和共同的目标。该网络将共同开发和发展一个本地和国际网络，该网络将通过社交媒体和开源数字中心创建、共享和托管资源，以实现本科生物学教育中更具包容性的课程、联合课程和教学法。资源将包括案例研究、活动、教案、基于课程的本科生研究经历和实验室活动。这些活动有可能扩大在本科生物学中代表性不足和服务不足的土著学生的参与和参与，并将支持所有学生对生命科学有更深入的了解。该项目由生物基础设施司生物科学理事会（BIO）和教育和人力资源理事会（EHR）本科教育司共同资助，作为他们努力解决本科生物学教育的愿景和变化所带来的挑战的一部分：行动呼吁奖（http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/）.This)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。