RCN-UBE: Connecting Curriculum: A Fly-CURE Network

RCN-UBE：连接课程：Fly-CURE 网络

• 批准号: 2316218
• 负责人: Alysia Mortimer
• 金额: $ 50万
• 依托单位: Oregon State University
• 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: 2023-09-01 至 2028-08-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2316218&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RCN; UBE; Connecting; Curriculum; Fly

The goal of this project is to create a Research Coordination Network (RCN) to connect new Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) that are expansions of a genetics laboratory CURE, called Fly-CURE. The Fly-CURE RCN will act as a centralized hub for training undergraduates in four new CUREs encompassing in-demand curricular topics: Bioinformatics, Behavioral Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Developmental Biology. The creation of these CUREs will not only bolster the existing scientific knowledge base regarding the relationship between genes and growth and development, but also increase student participation in research across biological sub-disciplines. CUREs allow students to participate in hands-on and inquiry-based research which increase their critical thinking skills, learning gains, and sense of belonging in science. These new CUREs will also include student-led community-based service learning opportunities to introduce scientific discovery to young learners to further promote student persistence in STEM and prepare them for future scientific careers. For faculty, the Fly-CURE RCN will provide opportunities to actively engage in and publish scientific research and connect with a shared scientific community which is especially challenging at under-resourced institutions including community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and primarily undergraduate institutions.The first goal of the Fly-CURE RCN is to develop four new CUREs, each designed to involve undergraduate students in the analysis of Drosophila melanogaster mutants, discovered in the original genetics Fly-CURE, using different disciplinary approaches. This RCN will increase the number of faculty implementing CUREs by targeting faculty at community colleges, minority-serving institutions, and primarily undergraduate institutions. The second goal of Fly-CURE RCN is to foster a scientific community of faculty participants and assess whether this approach is effective at recruiting faculty from underrepresented groups, early-career faculty, and faculty from an array of institutional types. The Fly-CURE has successfully retained faculty thus far and has contributed to the professional advancement of participants. Considering the limited resources and research support often available at smaller institutions, this project provides the scientific training and peer support needed for faculty involvement in successful CUREs through professional development and collaborative interactions across the network. This project is being jointly funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences, Division of Biological Infrastructure, and the Directorate for STEM Education, 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.

该项目的目标是创建一个研究协调网络 (RCN)，以连接新的基于课程的本科生研究经验 (CURE)，这些经验是遗传学实验室 CURE（称为 Fly-CURE）的扩展。 Fly-CURE RCN 将作为培训本科生的四个新 CURE 课程的集中中心，涵盖热门课程主题：生物信息学、行为遗传学、分子生物学和发育生物学。这些 CURE 的创建不仅将增强有关基因与生长发育之间关系的现有科学知识库，还将增加学生对跨生物学子学科研究的参与。 CURE 允许学生参与实践和探究性研究，从而提高他们的批判性思维能力、学习成果和科学归属感。这些新的 CURE 还将包括由学生主导的基于社区的服务学习机会，向年轻学习者介绍科学发现，进一步促进学生对 STEM 的坚持，并为他们未来的科学职业做好准备。对于教师来说，Fly-CURE RCN 将提供积极参与和发表科学研究的机会，并与共享科学社区建立联系，这对于资源匮乏的机构（包括社区学院、少数族裔服务机构和主要是本科院校）来说尤其具有挑战性。 Fly-CURE RCN 的首要目标是开发四种新的 CURE，每种都旨在让本科生使用不同的学科方法分析在原始遗传学 Fly-CURE 中发现的果蝇突变体。该 RCN 将针对社区学院、少数族裔服务机构和主要本科院校的教职人员，增加实施 CURE 的教职人员数量。 Fly-CURE RCN 的第二个目标是培育一个由教员参与者组成的科学社区，并评估这种方法是否能有效地从代表性不足的群体、早期职业教员以及来自一系列机构类型的教员中招募教员。迄今为止，Fly-CURE 已成功留住了教员，并为参与者的专业进步做出了贡献。考虑到较小机构通常可获得的资源和研究支持有限，该项目通过专业发展和跨网络的协作互动，为教师参与成功的 CURE 提供所需的科学培训和同行支持。该项目由生物科学理事会生物基础设施司和 STEM 教育理事会本科教育司联合资助，作为其努力解决本科生物教育愿景和变革：呼吁中提出的挑战的一部分该奖项反映了 NSF 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标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。