Seeing the Paths to Change: Evaluating Vision & Change in Undergraduate Biology Education Using a Pathway Modeling Approach

看到变革之路：评估愿景

• 批准号: 2126613
• 负责人: Mark Graham
• 金额: $ 46.21万
• 依托单位: Yale University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2021-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2126613&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Seeing; Paths; Change; Evaluating; Vision

The field of biology has seen dramatic advances in the past two decades, both in its research findings and research methodology. Vision and Change (V&C) in undergraduate biology education began nearly fifteen years ago with conversations in the biological sciences community about how those advances challenge the nature of what students ought to learn in their undergraduate programs of study. This project aims to serve the national interest by undertaking a holistic evaluation of the Vision and Change “movement” to better demonstrate how it has contributed (and continues to contribute) to improving undergraduate biology education. The project will provide an organizing structure by identifying short-, mid-, and long-term V&C outcomes and connecting them in a way that affords stakeholders a useful and helpful way to “see” the successes, opportunities, and future trajectory of V&C. The project will develop a visual and easy-to-understand theoretical framework known as a Pathway Model of V&C. The V&C Pathway Model is a visualization that will be developed through the systematic integration of the literature on V&C as well as key stakeholder perspectives on what V&C is and how it works. The project will enable the V&C community to develop a stronger understanding of what their impact has been on undergraduate biology and what they should turn their attention to in upcoming years to maximize the impact.The project aims to develop a theoretical framework that will: a) organize and articulate the wide variety of V&C activities and outcomes; b) consolidate the current body of knowledge about the nature and extent of V&C's use and impact; and c) structure future directions for V&C evaluation at both the local and national levels. The model will strive to 1) identify and address critical assumptions underlying implementation of V&C; b) optimize plans for implementing V&C at all levels; c) enable local implementers to strategically focus their evaluation efforts; and d) provide national-level investigators with an organizing guide for their research. Once the initial theoretical model is developed, the content of the model will be validated through the contributions of three V&C stakeholder cohorts via online focus group sessions. These include early V&C organizers, current V&C implementers, and organization- and system-level change-makers. The project will develop a five-year plan for expanding adoption of the V&C framework. The five-year plan will be distributed alongside the pathway model as a credible tool for planning, decision-making, and evaluation. Subsequently, the pathway model will be used in a series of webinars as a training and brainstorming tool to inform a wider range of stakeholders on the V&C principles and outcomes. Through focused dissemination efforts this project has the potential to enrich the national conversation around V&C. This project is funded by the Division of Undergraduate Education’s Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Program through its Program Description 21-7412 that calls for projects that study the impact of the V&C movement in Undergraduate Biology 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.

生物学领域在过去二十年中取得了巨大的进步，无论是在本科生物教育的研究成果还是研究方法方面，近十五年前就开始了生物科学界关于这些进步如何挑战的对话。该项目旨在通过对愿景与变革“运动”进行全面评估来服务于国家利益，以更好地展示其如何（并将继续）做出贡献。该项目将提供一个组织结构来改善本科生物学教育。通过确定短期、中期和长期的 V​​&C 结果，并以一种为利益相关者提供有用且有益的方式“看到”V&C 的成功、机会和未来轨迹的方式将它们联系起来。易于理解的理论框架，称为 V&C 路径模型 V&C 路径模型是一种可视化模型，将通过系统整合有关 V&C 的文献以及主要利益相关者对 V&C 是什么及其运作方式的观点而开发。该项目将使 V&C 社区能够更深入地了解它们对本科生生物学的影响，以及他们在未来几年应该将注意力转向哪些方面，以最大限度地发挥影响。该项目旨在开发一个理论框架，该框架将：组织和阐明各种 V&C 活动和成果；b) 巩固有关 V&C 的使用和影响的性质和范围的现有知识体系；以及 c) 地方和国家层面将努力构建 V&C 评估的未来方向。 1) 识别和解决 V&C 的关键假设； b) 优化在所有实施层面实施 V&C 的计划； c) 使当地实施者能够战略性地集中评估工作； d) 为国家级调查人员提供初步研究的组织指南。理论模型开发完成后，模型的内容将通过在线焦点小组会议的三个 V&C 利益相关者群体的贡献得到验证，其中包括早期的 V&C 组织者、当前的 V&C 实施者以及组织和系统级别的变革者。将要制定扩大 V&C 框架采用的五年计划 该五年计划将与路径模型一起分发，作为规划、决策和评估的可靠工具。系列网络研讨会作为培训和集思广益的工具，旨在向更广泛的利益相关者介绍 V&C 原则和成果。通过重点传播工作，该项目有可能丰富围绕 V&C 的全国对话。该项目由本科教育部资助。改善本科 STEM 教育计划通过其计划说明 21-7412 呼吁研究 V&C 运动对本科生物教育的影响的项目。该奖项的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查进行评估，被认为值得支持标准。