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Establishment of Network of Educators within the Life Sciences PMM M N M TT Component 7

IndiaBioscience aims to establish a network of educators, researchers, and scientists in the life sciences field to address issues related to teacher preparation, professional development, and the quality of teaching. Engaging with academia and government, the organization offers mentorship, peer learning, workshops, and outreach programs to promote better teaching practices. The network facilitates collaboration, information sharing, and the creation and curation of subject content, benefiting undergraduate biology teachers nationwide.

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Establishment of Network of Educators within the Life Sciences PMM M N M TT Component 7

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  1. Establishment of Network of Educators within the Life Sciences PMMMNMTT Component 7 IndiaBioscience, NCBS, Bangalore6th April 2018, IISER Bhopal

  2. 10+ years as an entity Catalyst to promote changes that affect the culture and practice of the field Engage with academia and government Pan India presence Target communities Researchers, Scientists and Educators IndiaBioscience

  3. The proposed Mission is envisaged to address comprehensively all issues related to teachers, teaching, teacher preparation and professional development. Supply of qualified teachers, attracting talent into teaching profession and raising the quality of teaching in schools and colleges. Envisages a long term goal of building a strong professional cadre of teachers by setting performance standards and creating top class institutional facilities for innovative teaching and professional development of teachers.

  4. IndiaBioscience Networking Communication Data & Policy Skill building Education • Mentorship • Peer learning • Targeted engagement with organizations across India • Association with professional bodies • Science News • Columns on professional experience • Outreach arm of DBT • Workshops to enable better practices - faculty and students • Video repository of lectures and workshops • ScienceCareer workshop • Bridging role between life sciences researchers and educator • Columns on teaching experience • Online discussion spaces • Job and events listings • Grants database

  5. Young Investigator Meeting (YIM) series The tenth year of Young Investigator Meetings (YIMs) bring together young scientists who will lead Indian science in the coming years.  Young Investigators make friendships, start collaborations, and share ideas for developing their laboratories. YIM like events for educators!

  6. Vision • Networkof science educators at the undergraduate level, which will enable educators to interact with each other and with practicing researchers in the life sciences within the country. • Action Points • Creating communities: Networks of educators and researchers • Information repository: Database of institutions • Interaction platforms: Online discussion spaces • Content generation: Creating and curating subject content

  7. Creating communities: Networks of educators and researchers - Online and Physical Spaces Online groups for researchers and educators Newsletters - Indian biology and education Social Media Platforms (Twitter, Facebook & LinkedIn) and website Exchange of pertinent information among groups and individuals

  8. ~1500 undergraduate teachers of biology receiving our newsletter Discipline wise distribution of educators State wise distribution of educators

  9. www.indiabioscience.org Section of website dedicated to resources for educators Link for Educators’ prominently visible from IndiaBioscience homepage

  10. Two ways you engage with us www.indiabioscience.org/educators 2. 1.

  11. Our columns: by educators, for educators • CURE: Course based undergraduate research experience • - undergraduates contributing in developing novel antibiotics, JNTU, Hyderabad • Giant chromosome: Hunt your own larvae • - Zoology Dept., IIS Jaipur • Online repository of specimens: • - Acharya Narendra Dev College, Delhi University • Peer mentoring: • - Teaching Physiology, Centre for Basic Sciences • SpineVeda: Mobile app on spine injuries • - SGTB Khalsa College, Delhi University

  12. Interaction platforms: Online discussion spaces More focused and secure interactions Groups according to profile (YIs, PDFs, Educators) as well as subjects Groups to focus on pedagogy and teaching tools Moderated by experts and team

  13. Dedicated discussion space for Educators https://discuss.indiabioscience.org/c/education

  14. Additional closed Discussion group for educators implementing Research-Based Pedagogical Tools

  15. Example of discussions among educators on IndiaBioscience website

  16. Content generation: Creating and curating Content relavent to biology Create content relevant to biology - subject specific and generic skills for science and pedagogy Experts from our network are asked to curate best online content Provide links on our webpage of other sites where useful content for educators already exists.

  17. Sharing funding opportunities for Educators at IndiaBioscience website

  18. Sharing events for Educators at IndiaBioscience website

  19. Thank You Dr. Smita Jain IndiaBioscience, Bangalore

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