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Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: Unpacking a Movement and Sharing Lessons Learned

(2015) Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: Chronicling Change, Inspiring the Future

A VISION FOR IMPLEMENTING CHANGE

The recommendations discussed in this report include the following action items aimed at ensuring that the vision of the conference becomes an agenda for change:

1. Integrate core concepts and competencies throughout the curriculum;
2. Focus on student centered learning;
3. Promote a campus wide commitment to change;
4. Engage the biology community in the implementation of change.

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Vision and Change

A SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS MADE AT A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE

You can access an archived version of the Vision and Change web pages here. 

From the Abstract:

The first summit of projects funded by the National Science Foundation’s Research Coordination Networks for Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE) program was held January 14–16, 2016, in Washington, DC. Sixty-five scientists and science educators from 38 of the 41 Incubator and Full RCN-UBE awards discussed the value and contributions of RCNs to the national biology education reform effort. 

Full Citation:

Eaton, C. D., Allen, D., Anderson, L. J., Bowser, G., Pauley, M. A., Williams, K. S., & Uno, G. E. (2016). Summit of the Research Coordination Networks for Undergraduate Biology Education. CBE Life Sciences Education, 15(4). https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.16-03-0147