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The Vision and Change Meeting: A Call for Action

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The Vision and Change Meeting: A Call for Action

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  1. The Vision and Change Meeting: A Call for Action

  2. When Was the First Call? • “Science teaching has suffered because science has been so frequently presented as so much ready-made knowledge, so much subject-matter of fact and law, rather than as the effective method of inquiry into any subject-matter”

  3. WHY Changes? • Focus on the undergraduate student • Increase # of students in STEM careers • Increase # of students who stay in STEM • Recognized that Biology practice has changed • Have a better understanding of how students learn • Recognized the need for • Less content, more interdisciplinary • More research based inquiry • Understanding concepts rather than memorizing

  4. Strategy developed by BIO-EHR Working Group: • Conversations – listen for shared vision and the changes needed to achieve it • Big Conference – crystallize initiative and partnerships • Report – articulate the vision, synthesize previous efforts; recommend changes needed & roles; address sustainability • Implementation – make investments; implement commitments; improve communication; leverage feedback loops Approved by a joint meeting of the BIO Advisory Committeeand the EHR Advisory Committee in November 2006

  5. NSF supported regionalconversations during 2007-2008 – AAAS facilitation: 211 participants from… community colleges, PUIs, MSIs, major R1 universities, museums, science centers, education organizations, other federal agencies, National Academies, field stations, professional societies… 2006 BIO –EHR working group 2007 2008 2009 Chicago Boston Denver Washington San Francisco Atlanta Image created with Google Maps

  6. The Big Meeting www.visionandchange.org A Call to ACTION!

  7. Converging Efforts to Improve Biology Education A New Biology for the 21st Century Vision and Change -information technologies -environment -energy -health -food Problem solving Critical thinking skillsStudent centered learning Interdisciplinary curricula Research opportunities Web-based resources AP Biology Curriculum Medical School Admissions Concepts: -evolution -biological systems -interaction of systems -organisms & information -scientific competencies -fundamental scientific principles

  8. Yolanda George, Deputy Director Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science

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