Conference: Dream Catcher or Dream Killer: The Impact of Gateway Courses on Transfer Students in the Biological Sciences; U.C-Davis; Summer/Fall, 2017

会议：捕梦网还是梦想杀手：入门课程对生物科学转学生的影响；

• 批准号: 1734336
• 负责人: Marina Crowder
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Davis
• 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: 2017-07-01 至 2018-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1734336&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Conference; Dream; Catcher; Killer; Impact

This two day conference will launch a network of educational stakeholders from community colleges and the University of California (UC) to develop and implement a shared vision for the support and preparation of biology transfer students. The disparity in performance and career trajectories of biology transfer students compared to freshman start students is a critical problem that must be addressed, particularly in light of the high percentage of underrepresented and underserved students attending California community colleges. The proposed conference is the first of its kind in the region for educators and advisors from these institutions to meet and discuss the curriculum and expectations of their courses and programs, challenges students face, and potential solutions. This is particularly important for biology given the very large number of majors, student diversity, and the transformative and fast pace of changes in discoveries and technology with numerous interdisciplinary ties to other STEM fields. The results of this effort have the potential to impact thousands of transfer students a year and represents an initial effort to generate a scalable, collaborative, and sustainable instructional model for California and beyond. The conference will include 55-60 individuals with equal representation from the UC and the community colleges. UC Davis campus is an ideal central location in Northern California with over 32 community colleges within a 100-mile radius. Two to four members from each institution will be identified and invited (including faculty, advisors, transfer coordinators, administrators) to insure a multifaceted view of the issues and buy-in from all stakeholders. The specific objectives include the following: 1) to establish more effective lines of communication between the UCs and community colleges in order to develop a shared vision; 2) to gather information about misalignments between the biology curriculum and prerequisites; 3) to initiate efforts toward better supporting successful learning progression for transfer students; 4) to discuss how the rapidly changing pace of research and technology is impacting curricula and requirements; and 5) to discuss instructional interventions and new teaching methods that could break the "sink or swim" instructional model that has plagued transfer students for many years. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences and the Directorate for Education and Human Resources, 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/finalreport/).

为期两天的会议将启动来自社区学院和加利福尼亚大学（UC）的教育利益相关者网络，以发展和实施共同的愿景，以支持和准备生物学转移学生。与新生初学者相比，生物学转学学生的表现和职业轨迹的差异是一个关键问题，尤其是鉴于在加利福尼亚社区学院就读不足和服务不足的学生比例不足和服务不足的学生。拟议的会议是该地区的第一个此类会议，这些会议是这些机构的教育工作者和顾问，与这些机构的顾问见面和讨论其课程和课程的课程和期望，学生面临的挑战以及潜在的解决方案。鉴于大量的专业，学生多样性以及发现和技术变化的变化和快速的跨学科关系，这对于生物学尤为重要。这项工作的结果有可能影响每年数千名转学生，并代表了为加利福尼亚及其他地区生成可扩展，协作和可持续的教学模型的初步努力。该会议将包括55-60个人，具有UC和社区大学的同等代表。加州大学戴维斯（UC Davis）校园是北加州的理想中心地点，超过32个社区学院，半径超过100英里。将确定和邀请每个机构的两到四名成员（包括教职员工，顾问，转移协调员，管理员），以确保对所有利益相关者的多方面观点和购买。具体目标包括以下内容：1）建立UCS和社区大学之间更有效的沟通路线，以发展共同的愿景； 2）收集有关生物学课程和先决条件之间未对准的信息； 3）为更好地支持转学学生的成功学习进步而努力； 4）讨论研究和技术的快速变化速度如何影响课程和要求； 5）讨论教学干预措施和新的教学方法，这些方法可能会打破困扰转移学生多年的“下沉或游泳”教学模型。该项目由生物科学局和教育和人力资源局共同资助，本科教育司，作为解决本科生物学教育中愿景和变化所面临的挑战的一部分，诉讼：http：// visionandChange/finalreport/fivil and report/fines to to Claste to Calling opance to Calling to Claste to Claste to Calling to Calling to Calling to Clastection Chall。