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Biology Scholars Program
ASM Education Department
1752 N Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Ph: 202-942-9317
Fax: 202-942-9329
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Biology Scholars Program
Scholars to Lead National Reform Efforts
A Test of Leadership (The Spellings Report), published in 2006, calls for reshaping higher education demanding accountability and transparency in colleges and universities. The report challenges colleges and universities to change from a system based on reputation to one based on performance. In response, the life sciences professional societies established the Biology Scholars Program to enhance biologists’ understanding and practice of evidenced-based teaching and learning. The Program is a multiyear leadership program for college biology faculty to bring about reforms in undergraduate education.
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Virtual Residencies
The Biology Scholars Program is based on three independent, but intertwined virtual residency programs, where faculty employ rigorous evaluations of their own teaching with the goal of publishing results demonstrating improved student learning in the laboratory or classroom and leading colleagues in national efforts to sustain undergraduate biology education reform.
- The Research Residency focuses on developing biologists’ knowledge and skills in evidenced-based research in learning.
- The Writing Residency moves biology faculty who are conducting scholarly work in student learning and advances their performances to publish in biology and/or science education journals and on-line collections.
- The Leadership Residency advances biology faculty to develop as leaders in building communities, transforming professional societies and institutions and sustaining reform efforts.
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Research Residency Scholars Selected
The 2008-2009 Cohort for the Research Residency has been selected.
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Who Should Apply?
The Research Residency seeks biologists who are asking questions about the effectiveness of their teaching approaches. The 2008 Research Residency begins with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute planned for July 16-19 in Washington, DC.
The Writing Residency, planned for 2009, seeks biologists who are conducting classroom research on learning. Competitive applicants have begun their studies, amassed data and are preparing to analyze their work for publication.
The Leadership Residency, planned for 2010, seeks biologists who are engaged in learning research and are ready to bring about changes locally on campus and nationally through their professional societies.
Partners & Affiliates
The Biology Scholars Program is supported by the NSF and managed by the American Society for Microbiology Education Board in cooperation with the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences Bioscied Net (BEN) Collaborative.
Several life sciences professional societies have aligned with the Biology Scholars Program to lend their expertise, particularly in the Writing Residency.
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