Teaching Biodiversity Conservation: The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners

生物多样性保护教学：保护教育者和从业者网络

• 批准号: 0442490
• 负责人: Eleanor Sterling
• 金额: $ 44.61万
• 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: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-04-01 至 2009-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0442490&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Teaching; Biodiversity; Conservation; Network; Educators

To address the problem of a lack of resources that capture the potential of Biodiversity conservation to serve as a base for interdisciplinary, inquiry-based learning, The Network of Conservation Educators and Practitioners (NCEP-US), a partnership among the Center for Biodiversity and Conservation at the American Museum of Natural History, the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the University of Maine linking faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates with practicing conservation professionals, is generating a set of classroom-tested, inquiry-based learning materials to add to the 46 currently in preparation under a previous CCLI grant, DUE-0127506. The current project continues and expands this collaboration by: (1) developing and field-testing 25 additional modules in cooperation with a diverse group of faculty and students. (2) developing a new module component of "case studies," incorporating recent developments in research on active learning; (3) promoting classroom use of the modules, along with active learning and teaching techniques, through workshops at the meetings of professional societies associated with conservation and ecology; and (4) expanding current teacher-centered evaluation strategy to include student assessment of learning gains (SALG). Materials are being developed in a workshop setting. Intellectual merit: Biodiversity conservation is a globally significant issue, and the accelerated loss of plant and animal species brought on by human activities has heightened the need for well-trained environmental professionals. This project addresses this need by providing up-to-date, flexible resources for improving teaching in biodiversity conservation through inquiry-based exercises for laboratory, field, or classroom use. Broader impacts: While this project is directed primarily toward undergraduate faculty and students, the material developed as part of this project is useful to diverse audiences, including secondary school faculty and students, and professionals and managers working with biodiversity issues. Efforts are being made to include a significant number of faculty from minority-serving institutions.

为了解决缺乏资源来发挥生物多样性保护潜力的问题，以作为跨学科、探究式学习的基础，保护教育者和从业者网络（NCEP-US）是生物多样性中心与生物多样性中心之间的合作伙伴关系。美国自然历史博物馆、纽约州立大学环境科学与林业学院以及缅因大学的保护工作将教师、研究生和本科生与执业保护专业人员联系起来，正在制定一套课堂测试的、基于探究的学习材料，添加到目前根据之前的 CCLI 拨款 DUE-0127506 准备的 46 种材料中。 当前的项目通过以下方式继续并扩大了这种合作：(1) 与多元化的教师和学生群体合作开发和现场测试 25 个附加模块。 (2) 开发“案例研究”的新模块组件，纳入主动学习研究的最新进展； (3) 通过在与保护和生态相关的专业协会会议上举办讲习班，促进课堂使用这些模块以及主动学习和教学技巧； (4) 扩展当前以教师为中心的评估策略，将学生学习成果评估 (SALG) 纳入其中。材料正在车间环境中开发。智力价值：生物多样性保护是一个全球性的重大问题，人类活动导致动植物物种加速丧失，增加了对训练有素的环境专业人员的需求。 该项目通过提供最新、灵活的资源来满足这一需求，通过实验室、现场或课堂使用的基于探究的练习来改善生物多样性保护的教学。更广泛的影响：虽然该项目主要针对本科教师和学生，但作为该项目的一部分开发的材料对不同的受众有用，包括中学教师和学生，以及从事生物多样性问题的专业人士和管理人员。 正在努力吸纳来自少数族裔服务机构的大量教员。