RCN-UBE Incubator: Consortium for the Integration of Ethical Research Practices into Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Biological Sciences

RCN-UBE 孵化器：将伦理研究实践融入生物科学本科生研究经验的联盟

• 批准号: 1727867
• 负责人: Jeffrey Olimpo
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Texas at El Paso
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1727867&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Incubator; Consortium; Integration; RCN; UBE; Incubator; Consortium; Integration

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have emerged as a viable mechanism to increase student access to authentic scientific opportunities. Current evidence in the bioeducation literature indicates that student engagement in CUREs results in significant gains in their development of scientific reasoning skills, attitudes, and persistence in the domain. Authentic research experiences have likewise been shown to positively influence students' interest in scientific inquiry and their ability to "think like a scientist." While the above corpus of research has focused extensively on student outcomes within CUREs, more recent efforts have articulated the need to examine the extent to which contextual features and affordances within such learning environments mediate students' academic and professional development. Among these factors, the ability to conduct research in an ethical and responsible manner is argued to be of critical value, as it is one of the hallmarks of rigorous scientific investigation. Although the need to engender ethical and responsible research practices in students is therefore apparent, to the best of our knowledge, no studies have examined the integration of ethics/RCR education within CURE contexts, despite its broader importance to professionalism within the scientific community. Furthermore, it is unclear to what extent existent ethics/RCR frameworks are amenable to CURE instruction. The proposed initiative seeks to address these concerns through the formation of a consortium and structured activities that will foster sustainable relationships between individuals from diverse organizations, including minority-serving institutions, two-year colleges, research universities, and professional societies, who will be tasked with the exploration of ethics and responsible conduct of research within CUREs in the biological sciences. Specifically, network activities and products will: a) define and describe the current state of ethics/RCR education within bioscience CUREs; b) detail the perceptions of postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and administrators responsible for teaching and scholarship in the areas of CURE implementation and bioethics in regard to the long-term role of ethics/RCR in research-driven courses; and c) enhance both participants' and the publics' knowledge of ethics education in the context of authentic, research-based coursework through the dissemination of a public consortium website, presentations, and publications.This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO), Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges posed in Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action (http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/).

基于课程的本科研究经验（治疗）已成为增加学生获得真实科学机会的可行机制。生物教育文献中的当前证据表明，学生参与治疗的参与导致他们在科学推理技能，态度和领域的持久性的发展发展。同样，真实的研究经验也证明可以积极影响学生对科学探究的兴趣及其“像科学家的思考”的能力。尽管上述研究的语料库已广泛地关注治疗中的学生成果，但最新的努力已经阐明了需要研究此类学习环境中的上下文特征和负担能力的程度，使学生的学术和专业发展进行了调解。在这些因素中，以道德和负责任的方式进行研究的能力被认为具有关键价值，因为它是严格的科学研究的标志之一。因此，尽管有必要在我们所知的最好的知识中，尽管有必要在治疗环境中进行道德/RCR教育的整合，但尚无研究对学生的最佳研究，尽管他们对科学社区中的专业精神的重要性更广泛。此外，尚不清楚在多大程度上存在的伦理/RCR框架可以治愈指导。拟议的倡议旨在通过形成联盟和结构化活动来解决这些问题，这些活动将促进来自多元化组织的个人之间的可持续关系，包括少数群体服务机构，两年学院，研究型大学和专业社会，这些社会将负责探索伦理学和在生物学科学中培训中的伦理学和负责任的研究。具体而言，网络活动和产品将：a）在生物科学治疗中定义和描述当前的道德/RCR教育状态； b）详细介绍了在治疗实施和生物伦理学领域的教学和奖学金方面的博士后研究员，教职员工和管理人员的看法，该领域涉及伦理/RCR在研究驱动的课程中的长期作用； and c) enhance both participants' and the publics' knowledge of ethics education in the context of authentic, research-based coursework through the dissemination of a public consortium website, presentations, and publications.This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences (BIO), Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR), Division of Undergraduate Education as part of their efforts to address the challenges在本科生物学教育的愿景和变化中提出：行动呼吁（http://visionandchange.org/finalreport/）。