Inquiry-Based-Learning Modules for Conservation Biology Education

保护生物学教育探究式学习模块

• 批准号: 0127506
• 负责人: Eleanor Sterling
• 金额: $ 49.92万
• 依托单位: American Museum Natural History
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-01 至 2005-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0127506&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Inquiry; Based; Learning; Modules; Conservation

Interdisciplinary (99)Conservation of the earth's biological diversity is a pressing problem that excites andmotivates students from a wide range of institutions and disciplinary backgrounds.Conservation biology is widely taught now, but it is seriously hampered by a lack ofresources that capture its potential for inquiry-based learning. To foster changes in coursecontent, curricula, and educational practices in conservation biology, The Center forBiodiversity and Conservation (CBC) at the American Museum of Natural History, theState University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), and the University of Maine (UMaine) have formed a partnership to link faculty,graduate students, and undergraduates with practicing professionals to generate anextensive set of classroom-tested, inquiry-based-learning materials. Each completed draftmodule will be evaluated in a classroom situation at UMaine and SUNY-ESF as well asat several pilot sites: Antioch New England Graduate School, Holyoke CommunityCollege, Lehman College, City University of New York, Long Island University,Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, Prescott College, and ColumbiaUniversity. A distinguishing project feature is its self-sustaining dissemination.Distribution of materials to undergraduate instructors will happen through three media: 1)an edited volume published by a commercial publisher; 2) CD-ROMs distributed by theCBC at cost; and 3) via an internet portal website hosted by the CBC. Over three years,approximately 50 instructors and 50 students will work directly on developing materials;about 20 instructors in 25 diverse courses will test modules with at least 600undergraduate students at pilot sites and provide feedback.

跨学科 (99) 地球生物多样性的保护是一个紧迫的问题，它激发和激励来自不同机构和学科背景的学生。保护生物学现在被广泛教授，但由于缺乏资源来捕捉其探究潜力，它受到严重阻碍基于学习。为了促进保护生物学课程内容、课程和教育实践的变革，美国自然历史博物馆生物多样性和保护中心 (CBC)、纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院 (SUNY-ESF) 和缅因大学 (UMaine) 建立了合作伙伴关系，将教师、研究生和本科生与执业专业人士联系起来，生成一套广泛的经过课堂测试的探究式学习材料。每个完成的草案模块将在缅因大学和纽约州立大学 ESF 以及几个试点地点的课堂环境中进行评估：安提阿新英格兰研究生院、霍利奥克社区学院、雷曼学院、纽约城市大学、长岛大学、伍德罗·威尔逊国家奖学金基金会、普雷斯科特学院和哥伦比亚大学。项目的一个显着特点是其自我维持的传播。向本科生导师分发材料将通过三种媒体进行：1）由商业出版商出版的编辑卷； 2) 由CBC按成本分发的CD-ROM； 3) 通过 CBC 主办的互联网门户网站。三年内，大约 50 名教师和 50 名学生将直接开发材料；25 个不同课程的大约 20 名教师将在试点地点与至少 600 名本科生一起测试模块并提供反馈。