Biotechnology Unified Education Network of Opportunities Project

生物技术统一教育机会网络项目

• 批准号: 1801166
• 负责人: Regina Overath
• 金额: $ 22.5万
• 依托单位: Texas Southmost College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2018-07-01 至 2023-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1801166&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biotechnology; Unified; Education; Network; Opportunities

This project plans to build a Biotechnology Unified Education Network of Opportunities (BUENO) in the Lower Rio Grande Valley that will offer a clear path for undergraduates into careers in biotechnology-based STEM fields. The project includes three major activities: 1) curriculum and educational materials development; 2) professional development for educators; and 3) program development and improvement. The main goal of the BUENO Project is to build the first biotechnology program in the region to enhance the employability of technicians in biotechnology-related fields. The BUENO Project has the potential to provide a framework that can be duplicated at other minority 2- year and 4-year community colleges and universities. Moreover, through the partnership between Texas Southmost College and local school districts, the Project can build sustained efforts to align college readiness and the college curriculum in biotechnological fields of study. This alignment can help to ensure preparation of employees to meet the community's workforce demands. Through the BUENO Project, Texas Southmost College aims to increase student learning by developing a new biotechnology program of study, providing professional development for teacher improvement, and offering the most up-to-date curriculum and educational materials possible. Data collected as part of the evaluation plan will be critical for identifying strategies and activities that can be modified to improve project outcomes and student learning, as well as student and instructor competency and confidence, especially at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Furthermore, the BUENO Project contribute new curricular materials that will be especially useful at minority institutions, as well as insight concerning which activities and interventions are most effective in promoting the success of Hispanics and veterans in biotechnology and related STEM fields. These contributions will add to the body of knowledge about effective science education.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目计划在下里奥格兰德河谷建立生物技术统一的机会网络（BUEGEO），这将为本科生从生物技术基于生物技术的STEM领域的职业提供清晰的途径。 该项目包括三个主要活动：1）课程和教育材料开发； 2）教育工作者的专业发展； 3）计划开发和改进。布宜诺项目的主要目标是在该地区建立第一个生物技术计划，以增强技术人员在与生物技术相关领域的就业能力。 Bueno项目有可能提供一个可以在2年和4年社区大学和4年的其他少数民族中复制的框架。此外，通过德克萨斯州最南学院和当地学区之间的合作，该项目可以持续努力，以使大学准备工作和研究领域的大学课程保持一致。这种一致性可以帮助确保员工的准备以满足社区的劳动力需求。通过Bueno项目，得克萨斯州最南部的大学旨在通过制定新的生物技术课程来增加学生的学习，从而为教师改进提供专业发展，并提供最新的课程和最新的课程和教育材料。作为评估计划的一部分收集的数据对于确定可以修改以改善项目成果和学生学习的策略和活动至关重要，以及学生和讲师的能力和信心，尤其是在西班牙裔服务机构。此外，布宜诺项目还提供新的课程材料，这些课程材料将在少数群体机构中特别有用，以及关于哪些活动和干预措施在促进西班牙裔和退伍军人在生物技术和相关STEM领域中取得成功最有效的见解。 这些贡献将增加有关有效科学教育的知识。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛影响的评论标准来评估的。