Adapting and Scaling the Biotinkering Approach through a CoP Model

通过 CoP 模型调整和扩展生物修复方法

• 批准号: 10666229
• 负责人: Caitlin Nealon
• 金额: $ 26.74万
• 依托单位: TECH MUSEUM OF INNOVATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2028-05-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10666229
• 关键词: Adopted; Award; Biological Sciences; Biology; Biotechnology; Collection; Communities; Community of Practice; Country; Creativeness; Development; Education; Elements; Ensure; Environment; Foundations; Future; Health; Human; Institution; Knowledge; Learning; Libraries; Medicine; Mentorship; Modeling; Modernization; New York; Outcome; Pathway interactions; Persons; Process; Publishing; Research; Resources; STEM field; Science; Side; Site; Societies; Technology; Voice; Work; community center; design; empowerment; experience; field study; forging; informal learning; insight; institutional capacity; marginalized community; member; next generation; student participation; success

Project Summary and Abstract Despite the rapidly advancing landscape of modern biology, the majority of experiences that K-12 learners have with biology are still rooted in traditional procedural and prescriptive approaches. There is a critical need to engage students in a more 21st century approach to biology – one that emphasizes open-ended exploration and creativity as key elements of scientific practice. Over the last five years as part of our previous SEPA award, we have developed an award-winning approach to informal biology education, biotinkering, that authentically engages young people with science as a personally relevant and creative process by supporting learner agency and choice. Our project, Adapting and Scaling the Biotinkering Approach through a Community of Practice (CoP) Model, aims to empower other informal science institutions to participate in and co-author the future of biotinkering with us. To be thoughtful about ensuring that our burgeoning approach can meaningfully contribute to bringing more diverse perspectives into STEM fields, our proposed CoP centers community and co-design. Community relationships at each participating site will be integrated throughout the project to help build a foundation for biotinkering that is more inclusive and culturally relevant, especially for marginalized communities. To reach our desired impact, we have the following 3 aims. First, we will establish a thriving Biotinkering Community of Practice to support diverse practitioners in gaining confidence with doing biotinkering in their own contexts. By using a CoP model to do institutional capacity building, we can create lasting impact on the field by building a dispersed network of biotinkering hubs equipped to provide ongoing support and mentorship to other practitioners. Second, all four founding members of our Biotinkering CoP will develop culturally relevant biotinkering activities, co-designed with local communities, to generate a more diverse repertoire of experiences for varied audiences and environments. This will result in hands-on biotinkering experiences being implemented around the nation, reaching tens of thousands of young people and providing learners with pathways to develop stronger STEM identities. And third, we will identify strategies and promising practices that can be used by practitioners to adopt biotinkering as an inclusive approach that centers community voices. Our new community and inclusion-focused resources, forged from diverse community perspectives and co-design learnings, will better support the adaptation of biotinkering to diverse situations and contexts, making it easier to further scale this work to additional informal learning sites and new communities. This approach can generate the types of informal learning experiences society needs to serve as inspirational entry points for a more diverse next generation of biotech and biomedical innovators. Lessons learned from the successes and challenges of this project can also offer valuable insights about using CoPs as a model for self-sustaining scaling and knowledge transfer within the informal science learning field.

项目概要和摘要 尽管现代生物学发展迅速，但大多数人认为K-12 学习者对生物学的认识仍然植根于传统的程序性和规范性方法。有一个 迫切需要让学生参与更世纪的生物学方法-一个强调 开放式的探索和创造力作为科学实践的关键要素。在过去的五年里，作为 我们以前的SEPA奖，我们已经开发了一个获奖的方法，以非正式的生物学教育， biotinkering，真正吸引年轻人与科学作为个人相关和创造性的 通过支持学习者的自主性和选择性来实现。我们的项目，适应和扩展生物链接方法 通过实践社区（CoP）模式，旨在授权其他非正式科学机构， 与我们一起参与并共同创作生物打印的未来。仔细考虑确保我们的 新兴的方法可以有意义地为STEM领域带来更多样化的观点，我们的 提出了CoP中心社区和共同设计。每个参与站点的社区关系将 在整个项目中整合，以帮助建立更具包容性和文化性的生物链接基础。 特别是对边缘化群体。 为了达到预期的效果，我们有以下三个目标。首先，我们将建立一个蓬勃发展的生物技术 实践社区，以支持不同的从业者获得信心，在他们的 自己的背景。通过使用CoP模式进行机构能力建设，我们可以对 通过建立分散的生物链接中心网络，提供持续的支持和指导， 其他从业者。第二，我们的Biotinkering CoP的所有四个创始成员将在文化上发展 与当地社区共同设计的相关生物链接活动，以产生更多样化的 体验不同的观众和环境。这将导致动手生物打印的经验， 在全国范围内实施，覆盖成千上万的年轻人，并为学习者提供 发展更强大的STEM身份的途径。第三，我们将确定战略和有希望的做法， 从业者可以使用它来采用生物链接作为一种包容性的方法，集中社区的声音。 我们的新社区和包容性为重点的资源，从不同的社区观点和 共同设计学习，将更好地支持生物链接适应不同的情况和背景， 更容易将这项工作扩大到更多的非正式学习地点和新的社区。 这种方法可以产生社会需要的非正式学习经验， 为更多样化的下一代生物技术和生物医学创新者提供鼓舞人心的切入点。教训 从该项目的成功和挑战中吸取的经验教训也可以提供有关将CoP用作 非正式科学学习领域内自我维持的规模和知识转移模式。