Collaborative Research: Evaluating the Impact of the Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network on Vision

协作研究：评估促进主动学习和指导 (PALM) 网络对视觉的影响

• 批准号: 2223276
• 负责人: Dina Newman
• 金额: $ 28.64万
• 依托单位: Rochester Institute of Tech
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-01 至 2025-12-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2223276&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Evaluating; Impact; Promoting

Vision & Change (V&C) in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action proposed a new vision for effective undergraduate life science education. Vision & Change called on educators to use evidence-based practices to emphasize experiential learning, authentic research experiences, and active learning approaches for providing undergraduates with the engagement and passion necessary to remain in STEM disciplines and pursue careers in STEM fields. The report has been influential in the undergraduate life science education community over the last decade, yet few studies have been undertaken to determine the extent to which V&C concepts and competencies have penetrated the community of biology educators. This project will leverage the Promoting Active Learning and Mentoring (PALM) Network (NSF Award #1624200), to study the penetrance of V&C concepts and competencies across the network and the professional societies involved in the PALM project.The project team will utilize a mixed methods approach to support combining the strength of quantitative surveys that reach all PALM participants with qualitative semi-structured interviews to further probe participants’ motivations, implementation, and dissemination of Vision & Change principles in more detail. The project aims to: 1) determine to what extent Vision & Change principles motivated mentors or mentees to join PALM; 2) characterize perceptions of Vision & Change among instructors and educators involved in the PALM Network, and determine the impact of this network and mentorship on perceptions, implementation, and dissemination of Vision & Change principles within departments; and 3) examine the impact of the PALM Network on its associated professional societies and assess how Vision & Change has influenced these societies’ engagement with undergraduate biology education While this work is instructor-focused, its impact will be multiplied by the number of undergraduate students taught by these instructors. The project team will disseminate protocols, surveys, training materials, and results on a centralized website (QUBES), at scientific conferences, and by open-access publications. The products created and shared will document the current reach of V&C and have the potential to extend V&C to an even greater number of educators.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.

本科生物教育中的愿景与变革（V&C）：行动呼吁提出了有效的本科生命科学教育的新愿景，呼吁教育工作者使用基于证据的实践来强调体验式学习、真实的研究经验和主动学习。该报告在过去十年中对本科生生命科学教育界产生了影响，但很少有研究来确定其程度。哪些 V&C 概念和该项目将利用促进主动学习和指导 (PALM) 网络（NSF 奖#1624200）来研究 V&C 概念和能力在网络和参与 PALM 的专业协会中的渗透率。项目团队将利用混合方法来支持将涉及所有 PALM 参与者的定量调查与定性半结构化访谈相结合，以进一步探讨参与者的动机、实施和传播更详细地阐述愿景与变革原则。该项目旨在：1) 确定愿景与变革原则在多大程度上激励导师或学员加入 PALM；2) 描述参与 PALM 网络的教师和教育工作者对愿景与变革的看法；以及确定该网络和指导对部门内愿景与变革原则的认知、实施和传播的影响；3) 检查 PALM 网络对其相关专业协会的影响，并评估愿景与变革如何影响这些协会的参与；接受本科生物学教育这项工作以讲师为中心，其影响将随着这些讲师所教的本科生数量而倍增。项目团队将在集中网站 (QUBES)、科学会议和会议上传播协议、调查、培训材料和结果。由开放获取出版物创建和共享的产品将记录 V&C 当前的影响力，并有可能将 V&C 扩展到更多的教育工作者。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用该奖项的评估被认为值得支持。基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。