UMEB: Integrating Independent Research and Group Learning in Environmental Biology

0080754不同圣地亚哥州立大学-环境生物学本科生导师项目整合了个人研究经验、一对一辅导和基于小组的合作学习，以帮助培养在追求环境生物学研究生学位和职业方面出类拔萃的学生。该计划将支持三批9名学生，并广泛关注“人类对生物多样性的影响”。学生们将在体验期间前往阿拉斯加或英格兰，以及墨西哥。这9名学生组成了一个综合研究小组(IRG)，该小组由三个学习小组组成。一个学习小组包括三名学生、一名研究生助理和一名教师导师。每个学习小组的重点与其导师的研究计划不谋而合：栖息地碎片化、生物多样性或全球气候变化。随着学习小组分享他们的发现并综合整个研究领域的知识，IRG取得了进展。UMEB项目将帮助来自代表性不足群体的学生成为受过广泛培训、积极性高的环境生物学专业人员，而环境生物学是一个目前缺乏这种代表性的领域。这项研究集中在一个及时的主题上，将向学生传授科学如何帮助解决社会问题，从而鼓励他们获得和应用一系列科学技能。此外，该项目的教学方法和组织在学生培训方面设定了高标准，并将传播给其他教育工作者。

0080754DiffendorferThe San Diego State University - Undergraduate Mentoring in Environmental Biology project integrates individual research experiences, one-on-one mentoring, and group-based cooperative learning to help develop students that excel in their pursuit of graduate degrees and careers in Environmental Biology. The program will support three cohorts of nine students and focuses broadly on "Human Impacts on Biodiversity". Students will travel to Alaska or England, and Mexico during their experience. The nine students form an Integrated Research Group (IRG), which consists of three learning groups. A learning group includes three students, a graduate assistant and a faculty mentor. Each learning group's focus coincides with the research program of its mentor: Habitat Fragmentation, Biodiversity or Global Climate Change. The IRG advances as learning groups share their findings and synthesize knowledge across the research foci.The UMEB project will help students from under-represented groups become broadly-trained and highly motivated professionals in Environmental Biology, a field currently lacking this representation. The research focus on a timely topic will teach students how science can help solve societal problems, thus encouraging them to acquire and apply a range of scientific skills. In addition, the teaching methodologies and organization of the program set a high standard in student training and will be disseminated to other educators.