RCN-UBE: Ethics Network for Course-based Opportunities in Undergraduate Research: Phase II

RCN-UBE：本科生研究课程机会道德网络：第二阶段

• 批准号: 1919312
• 负责人: Jeffrey Olimpo
• 金额: $ 49.76万
• 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: 2019
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2019-09-01 至 2024-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1919312&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Ethics; Network; Course

Scientific advancement is reliant upon individuals conducting research in an ethical and responsible manner. Beyond the importance of ethics/Responsible Conduct of Research (E/RCR) education within the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines themselves, the rigor of scientific outcomes often has direct implications for the level of public trust in and engagement with science. Thus, it is imperative that emergent scholars at all levels receive formal preparation in E/RCR in an effort to promote the aforementioned goals.More acutely, recent efforts to reform STEM laboratory education at the postsecondary level have resulted in the genesis of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), which are designed to augment student access to and engagement in authentic scientific inquiry. Current evidence within the literature demonstrates that student participation in CUREs results in increases in their science process skills development, affect, and persistence in the domain. Yet, few studies have examined the integration of E/RCR in CUREs as well as mechanisms to effectively sustain such integration. The Ethics Network for Course-based Opportunities in Undergraduate Research (ENCOUR) seeks to address this concern through several structured activities, including: (a) expansion of a community of practice that includes individuals from diverse institutions with diverse educational backgrounds who are collectively interested in E/RCR in CUREs; (b) creation, implementation, and evaluation of a year-long ENCOUR fellowship program, which will provide structured professional development for CURE designers and instructors interested in developing and field-testing E/RCR resources; (c) curation and public dissemination of the resources; and (d) organization and facilitation of an E/RCR in CUREs conference. Collectively, these activities will enhance the community?s knowledge of the role and impact of E/RCR education in laboratory contexts through collaborative discussion as well as the creation of a national E/RCR in CUREs professional development framework and compendium of E/RCR resources. These latter outcomes will be of especial interest to individuals in STEM and non-STEM disciplines who seek to prepare an ethically-responsible citizenry. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, 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/).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.

科学进步取决于以道德和负责任的方式进行研究的个人。除了在科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）纪律本身的伦理/负责任的研究（E/RCR）教育的重要性之外，科学成果的严格性通常会直接影响公众对公共信任和参与水平的影响与科学。因此，必须在各个层面上的新兴学者在E/RCR中进行正式准备，以促进上述目标。更严重的是，在大世纪后，最新的改革STEM实验室教育的努力使基于课程的基于课程的成因导致本科研究经验（治疗）旨在扩大学生访问和参与真实的科学探究。文献中的当前证据表明，学生参与治愈的方法会导致其科学过程技能的发展，影响和持久性领域的发展。然而，很少有研究检查E/RCR在治疗中的整合以及有效维持这种整合的机制。基于课程的本科研究机会的道德网络（Drive）寻求通过几项结构化活动来解决这一问题，包括：（a）扩大一个实践社区，其中包括来自不同教育背景的各种机构的个人E/RCR治疗； （b）对长达一年的鼓励计划的创建，实施和评估，该计划将为有兴趣开发和现场测试E/RCR资源的治疗设计师和讲师提供结构化的专业发展； （c）资源的策划和公众传播； （d）在治疗会议上组织和促进E/RCR。总的来说，这些活动将通过协作讨论以及创建国家E/RCR在治疗专业发展框架和E/RCR资源汇编中的国家E/RCR来增强社区对E/RCR教育在实验室环境中的作用和影响的了解。 。这些后者的结果将引起STEM和非茎学科中的个人的特殊利益，他们试图准备道德上负责的公民。该项目由生物科学局，生物基础设施部和教育和人力资源局，本科教育司共同资助，这是他们为应对愿景中挑战和本科生物学教育方面构成的挑战的努力的一部分：行动呼吁（http：// visionandchange/finalReport/）。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被认为值得通过评估来获得支持。