RCN-UBE: Connecting Curriculum: A Fly-CURE Network

RCN-UBE：连接课程：Fly-CURE 网络

• 批准号: 2316218
• 负责人: Alysia Mortimer
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-09-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316218&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Connecting; Curriculum; Fly

The goal of this project is to create a Research Coordination Network (RCN) to connect new Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) that are expansions of a genetics laboratory CURE, called Fly-CURE. The Fly-CURE RCN will act as a centralized hub for training undergraduates in four new CUREs encompassing in-demand curricular topics: Bioinformatics, Behavioral Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Developmental Biology. The creation of these CUREs will not only bolster the existing scientific knowledge base regarding the relationship between genes and growth and development, but also increase student participation in research across biological sub-disciplines. CUREs allow students to participate in hands-on and inquiry-based research which increase their critical thinking skills, learning gains, and sense of belonging in science. These new CUREs will also include student-led community-based service learning opportunities to introduce scientific discovery to young learners to further promote student persistence in STEM and prepare them for future scientific careers. For faculty, the Fly-CURE RCN will provide opportunities to actively engage in and publish scientific research and connect with a shared scientific community which is especially challenging at under-resourced institutions including community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and primarily undergraduate institutions.The first goal of the Fly-CURE RCN is to develop four new CUREs, each designed to involve undergraduate students in the analysis of Drosophila melanogaster mutants, discovered in the original genetics Fly-CURE, using different disciplinary approaches. This RCN will increase the number of faculty implementing CUREs by targeting faculty at community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and primarily undergraduate institutions. The second goal of Fly-CURE RCN is to foster a scientific community of faculty participants and assess whether this approach is effective at recruiting faculty from underrepresented groups, early-career faculty, and faculty from an array of institutional types. The Fly-CURE has successfully retained faculty thus far and has contributed to the professional advancement of participants. Considering the limited resources and research support often available at smaller institutions, this project provides the scientific training and peer support needed for faculty involvement in successful CUREs through professional development and collaborative interactions across the network. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for STEM Education, 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/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.

该项目的目标是创建一个研究协调网络（RCN），以连接新的基于课程的本科生研究经验（CURE），这些经验是遗传学实验室CURE（称为Fly-CURE）的扩展。Fly-CURE RCN将作为一个集中的中心，为本科生提供四个新的CURE培训，包括按需课程主题：生物信息学，行为遗传学，分子生物学和发育生物学。这些CURE的创建不仅将加强现有的科学知识基础关于基因与生长发育之间的关系，而且还增加了学生参与跨生物学科的研究。CURE允许学生参与实践和基于探究的研究，从而提高他们的批判性思维能力，学习收获和科学归属感。这些新的CURE还将包括以学生为主导的社区服务学习机会，向年轻学习者介绍科学发现，以进一步促进学生坚持STEM，并为未来的科学事业做好准备。对于教师来说，Fly-CURE RCN将提供机会积极参与和发表科学研究，并与共享的科学社区建立联系，这对于资源不足的机构（包括社区学院，少数民族服务机构和主要的本科院校）尤其具有挑战性。Fly-CURE RCN的第一个目标是开发四个新的CURE，每个设计涉及果蝇突变体的分析，在原来的遗传学Fly-CURE发现的本科生，使用不同的学科方法。该RCN将通过针对社区学院、少数民族服务机构和主要是本科院校的教师，增加实施CURE的教师数量。Fly-CURE RCN的第二个目标是培养一个教师参与者的科学社区，并评估这种方法是否能有效地从代表性不足的群体，早期职业教师和来自一系列机构类型的教师中招募教师。到目前为止，Fly-CURE成功地留住了教师，并为参与者的专业进步做出了贡献。考虑到有限的资源和研究支持往往在较小的机构，该项目提供了科学的培训和同行的支持，教师参与成功的CURES通过专业发展和整个网络的协作互动所需。该项目由生物基础设施部生物科学理事会和本科教育部STEM教育理事会共同资助，作为应对本科生物学教育中的愿景和变革所带来的挑战的努力的一部分：行动呼吁（网址：//visionandchange/finalreport/）该奖项反映了NSF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进行评估，被认为值得支持的搜索.