Seeing the Paths to Change: Evaluating Vision & Change in Undergraduate Biology Education Using a Pathway Modeling Approach

看到变革之路：评估愿景

• 批准号: 2126613
• 负责人: Mark Graham
• 金额: $ 46.21万
• 依托单位: Yale 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: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126613&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Seeing; Paths; Change; Evaluating; Vision

The field of biology has seen dramatic advances in the past two decades, both in its research findings and research methodology. Vision and Change (V&C) in undergraduate biology education began nearly fifteen years ago with conversations in the biological sciences community about how those advances challenge the nature of what students ought to learn in their undergraduate programs of study. This project aims to serve the national interest by undertaking a holistic evaluation of the Vision and Change “movement” to better demonstrate how it has contributed (and continues to contribute) to improving undergraduate biology education. The project will provide an organizing structure by identifying short-, mid-, and long-term V&C outcomes and connecting them in a way that affords stakeholders a useful and helpful way to “see” the successes, opportunities, and future trajectory of V&C. The project will develop a visual and easy-to-understand theoretical framework known as a Pathway Model of V&C. The V&C Pathway Model is a visualization that will be developed through the systematic integration of the literature on V&C as well as key stakeholder perspectives on what V&C is and how it works. The project will enable the V&C community to develop a stronger understanding of what their impact has been on undergraduate biology and what they should turn their attention to in upcoming years to maximize the impact.The project aims to develop a theoretical framework that will: a) organize and articulate the wide variety of V&C activities and outcomes; b) consolidate the current body of knowledge about the nature and extent of V&C's use and impact; and c) structure future directions for V&C evaluation at both the local and national levels. The model will strive to 1) identify and address critical assumptions underlying implementation of V&C; b) optimize plans for implementing V&C at all levels; c) enable local implementers to strategically focus their evaluation efforts; and d) provide national-level investigators with an organizing guide for their research. Once the initial theoretical model is developed, the content of the model will be validated through the contributions of three V&C stakeholder cohorts via online focus group sessions. These include early V&C organizers, current V&C implementers, and organization- and system-level change-makers. The project will develop a five-year plan for expanding adoption of the V&C framework. The five-year plan will be distributed alongside the pathway model as a credible tool for planning, decision-making, and evaluation. Subsequently, the pathway model will be used in a series of webinars as a training and brainstorming tool to inform a wider range of stakeholders on the V&C principles and outcomes. Through focused dissemination efforts this project has the potential to enrich the national conversation around V&C. This project is funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program through its Program Description 21-7412 that calls for projects that study the impact of the V&C movement in Undergraduate Biology Education.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.

在过去的二十年里，生物学领域在研究成果和研究方法上都取得了巨大的进步。视觉和变化（V C）在本科生物学教育开始近15年前在生物科学界的对话，这些进步如何挑战学生应该在他们的本科学习课程的性质。该项目旨在通过对“愿景与变革”运动进行全面评估，以更好地展示它如何为改善本科生物学教育做出贡献（并继续做出贡献），从而为国家利益服务。该项目将提供一个组织结构，确定短期、中期和长期的风险投资成果，并将它们联系起来，为利益相关者提供一个有用和有用的方式来“看到”风险投资的成功、机遇和未来轨迹。 该项目将开发一个可视化和易于理解的理论框架，称为V C的路径模型。V C路径模型是一个可视化模型，将通过系统整合有关V C的文献以及关键利益相关者对V C是什么及其如何运作的观点来开发。该项目将使V C社区更好地了解他们对本科生物学的影响以及他们应该在未来几年将注意力转向哪些方面以最大限度地发挥影响。该项目旨在制定一个理论框架，该框架将：a）组织和阐明各种V C活动和成果; B）巩固当前关于V C使用和影响的性质和程度的知识体系;以及c）在地方和国家层面构建V C评估的未来方向。这一模式将力求：（1）确定和处理执行自愿合作所依据的关键假设&;（B）优化各级执行自愿合作的计划&;（c）使地方执行者能够从战略上集中其评价工作;（d）为国家一级的调查人员提供一个组织研究指南。一旦初步的理论模型被开发出来，该模型的内容将通过三个风险和合作利益相关者群体的贡献，通过在线焦点小组会议进行验证。这些包括早期的V C组织者，当前的V C实施者，以及组织和系统级的变革者。该项目将制定一项五年计划，以扩大V C框架的采用。五年计划将与路径模型一起分发，作为规划，决策和评估的可靠工具。随后，将在一系列网络研讨会中使用路径模型，作为培训和集思广益的工具，向更广泛的利益攸关方介绍V C原则和成果。通过集中的传播努力，该项目有可能丰富围绕V C的全国对话。该项目由本科教育部的改善本科STEM教育计划通过其计划说明21-7412资助，该计划要求研究V C运动对本科生物学教育的影响。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。