RCN-UBE: Bridging the divide between research and education with authentic research experiences in introductory biology

这个RCN-UBE网络项目旨在增加学生参与本科生物实验室课程真实研究经验的机会，特别是在入门级。这些研究经验使学生能够更好地理解课程内容，通过将该材料应用于研究问题，并在科学过程中获得第一手经验。该网络建立在RCN-UBE孵化器项目的基础上，该项目调查了介绍生物学实验室的教师，以帮助定义真实研究经验的重要因素，并确定实施真实研究经验的障碍。网络团队将利用一系列研讨会会议来弥合生物教育界和生物学科研究人员之间的分歧。通过弥合这一鸿沟，将开发新的模式，在介绍性实验室课程的真实研究和新的教师将成为从事实施这些经验。每年，将与生物教育界的年度会议联合主办一次讲习班（例如，无论是生物实验室教育协会[ABLE]，本科生研究理事会[CUR]，全国生物教师协会[NABT]，或少数民族学生年度生物医学研究会议[ABRCMS]）和生物学科研究人员将积极招募参加。第二个讲习班将与生物学科协会联合举办，并将积极招募生物教育界的成员参加。最后，为了推进与实验室课程中真实研究经验相关的生物教育研究领域，将与生物教育研究促进协会联合举办一次学科生物研究人员、生物教育研究人员和生物教育从业人员会议。该项目由生物科学理事会和教育和人力资源理事会共同资助，本科教育部支持努力解决本科教育的愿景和变革所带来的挑战：行动呼吁http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/。

This RCN-UBE network project seeks to increase the opportunities for students to participate in authentic research experiences in undergraduate biology laboratory courses, especially at the introductory level. These research experiences allow students to better understand course content by applying that material to a research question and to gain first hand experience in the scientific process. This network is building on an RCN-UBE incubator project that surveyed instructors of introductory biology laboratories to help define the important elements of authentic research experiences and identify barriers to implementing authentic research experiences. The network team will use a series of workshop meetings to bridge the divide between the biology education community and disciplinary researchers in biology. By bridging this divide, new models for authentic research in introductory laboratory courses will be developed and new faculty will become engaged in implementing these experiences. In each year, one workshop will be hosted in association with an annual meeting of the biology education community (e.g., either Association for Biology Laboratory Education [ABLE], Council on Undergraduate Research [CUR], National Association of Biology Teachers [NABT], or Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students [ABRCMS]) and disciplinary researchers in biology will be actively recruited to attend. A second workshop will be hosted in association with a biology disciplinary society and members of the biology education community will be actively recruited to attend. Finally, to advance the field of biology education research in relation to authentic research experiences in laboratory courses, a meeting among disciplinary biology researchers, biology education researchers, and biology education practitioners will be held in association with the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research.This project is funded jointly by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate of Education and Human Resources, Division of Undergraduate Education in support of efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Education: A Call to Action http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/.