UMEB: Integrating Inquiry-Based and Cooperative Learning with Expanded Career Horizons in Environmental Biology

0207090 connor这个项目的目标是鼓励目前在科学领域代表性不足的群体的学生选择环境生物学的职业。这一目标将通过让学生参与积极和富有成效的研究经历、提供密切的指导、小组学习活动和仔细的建议来实现。学生将在研讨会和非正式聚会上与经验丰富、有抱负的研究科学家和环境专业人士一起工作，从而为学生想象自己在环境生物学领域的职业生涯提供基础。学生将参与的研究重点是了解1)城市化和农业对栖息地丧失、破碎化和退化的影响，以及2)引入物种对本地物种和群落的影响。从代表性不足的群体中招收学生从事环境生物学的职业，将扩大我们社会各阶层在学习如何保护自然环境方面的参与。关注与城市化和农业相关的栖息地丧失、破碎化和引进物种的影响，将提供有价值的信息，使我们能够在人类主导的景观中保护本地物种和群落。

0207090ConnorThe goal of this project is to stimulate students from groups that are currently underrepresented in the sciences to choose careers in environmental biology. This objective will be met by involving students in positive and productive research experiences and by providing close mentoring, group learning activities, and careful advising. Students will work with experienced and aspiring research scientists and environmental professionals in seminars and informal gatherings, thus providing a basis for students to imagine themselves in careers in environmental biology. Students will participate in research focused on understanding 1) the impact of urbanization and agriculture via habitat loss, fragmentation, and degradation, and 2) the effects of introduced species on native species and communities. Recruiting students from groups underrepresented to careers in environmental biology will broaden participation of all parts of our society in learning how to preserve the natural environment. Focusing on the impact of habitat loss, fragmentation, and introduced species associated with urbanization and agriculture will provide valuable information that may enable us to preserve native species and communities within a human-dominated landscape. .