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Transitions: Science Education Research to Publishing
Biologists and natural scientists who engage in science education research may face challenges in bringing their work to fruition through publication. Scientists who are versed in the literature and methodology of their scientific discipline may not necessarily be familiar or experienced with analogous processes in science education scholarship. Common challenges include ensuring alignment between research questions and methodologies or analytic techniques employed to answer the question. Scientists may also lack deep and broad expertise in the literature that can inform their educational research as well as a clear understanding of how the work contributes to the field. Finally, biologists may not have regular opportunities to discuss education research designs and preliminary data with colleagues as they do with their scientific research. The Transitions Residency seeks to address these challenges.
The Residency involves the following in-person and virtual elements:
- 3-day institute, Transitions: Science Education Research to Publishing Institute, on June 14-17, 2010 in Washington, DC
- Readings, writings, and other assignments to be completed before the Institute
- Readings, writings, and other follow-up activities after the Institute
- Electronic discussions and peer-to-peer mentoring via Web 2.0 communication tools
- Presentations on campus, regionally, and/or nationally about the research
- Submission of a manuscript to a science education journal or multidisciplinary journal on the scholarship of teaching and learning for example, for review and final publication
Audience
The Transitions Residency seeks biologists who are:
- Studying learning in classrooms,
- Ready to share their preliminary results, and
- Ready to evaluate whether their work is ready for publication, and if not, why not.
Competitive applicants should have initiated their research, collected preliminary data, conducted preliminary analysis of their data, and possibly presented their work to colleagues on campus, virtually, or at regional and national meetings. In addition, individuals who have submitted their manuscript unsuccessfully are encouraged to apply.
Learning Goals
Upon completion of the Transitions Residency, participants will be able to:
- Situate their work within the context of the field.
- Identify the developmental stage of their work (e.g., preliminary versus complete) and, if still in development, additional steps required for publication
- Develop a plan, as necessary, for additional data collection and analysis
- Organize data and outline a manuscript according to publication guidelines
- Identify the characteristics of a good story
- Develop abstracts that clearly summarize the research described in the article
- Identify and select appropriate journals and on-line venues for submission of manuscripts
- Understand guidelines for preparing manuscripts and assigning authorship
- Cite references and resources accurately
- Develop a plan to dedicate time for writing
- Seek mentoring and support for publishing life science education research from the biological sciences community as well as social science researchers, organizational psychologists and anthropologists
Application Deadline - February 1, 2010
Applications for the 2010 program are due February 1, 2010. Space in the program is limited to 16 Scholars. Travel grants are available for faculty members from community colleges and institutions with significant numbers of underrepresented and/or under served students. More information about travel grants is available on the application page.
Once accepted into the Residency, Biology Scholars participate in community-building activities, to build familiarity within the group before the intensive in-person experience of the Residency. Finally, the residency program combines intensive, face-to-face, multiday training institutes with ongoing learning communities supported by electronic communications.
Transitions Residency Co-Directors
Erin Dolan, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
CBE-Life Sciences Education (CBE-LSE)
American Society for Cell Biology
Kathy Takayama, Brown University, Providence, RI
Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (JMBE) and The International Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
American Society for Microbiology
Transitions Residency Steering Committee
Dee Silverthorn, University of Texas, Austin, TX
Advances in Physiology Education and HAPS-EDucator
American Physiology Society and Human Anatomy and Physiology Society
Adele Wolfson, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (BAMBED)
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Gordon Uno, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
BioScience Magazine
American Institute of Biological Sciences
A. Malcolm Campbell, Davidson College, Davidson, NC
CBE-Life Sciences Education (CBE-LSE)
American Society for Cell Biology
Patricia Pukkila, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Genetics
Genetics Society of America
Charlene D'Avanzo, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) and
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Ecological Society of America
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