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Alicia J. Lozano; Monica L. Ahrens; Genevieve R. Lyons; Jennie Z. Ma; Sarah J. Ratcliffe; Alexandra L. Hanlon – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
Background: The field of collaborative biostatistics plays a critical role in translating scientific discoveries into practical applications by providing sound statistical analysis, ensuring data integrity, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration in translational science and decision-making in healthcare. The role of a collaborative…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Health Education, Statistics Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Kim, Kris S.; Rackus, Darius G.; Mabury, Scott A.; Morra, Barbora; Dicks, Andrew P. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
The Chemistry Teaching Fellowship Program (CTFP) is offered to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at the University of Toronto as an opportunity to undertake curriculum development and chemistry education research. Projects are run with faculty supervision and focus on designing new laboratory activities, lectures, tutorials,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Fellowships, Graduate Students, Curriculum Development
Lakey, George – Association of Commonwealth Universities, 2020
The Climate Impacts Research Capacity and Leadership Enhancement (CIRCLE) programme is an initiative of the UK's Department for International Development (DFID). Managed by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the programme is a response to the shortage of local scientists contributing to knowledge on the impacts of climate change…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Climate, Scientific Research, Scientists
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Özdemir, Alev; Mirici, Semra; Çigdemoglu, Ceyhan – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
The study aimed to investigate the effect of project supervision training offered to Biology teachers on their views of the nature of scientific inquiry. We employed an action research design, as one of the qualitative research methods in this study. The participants were composed of 39 Biology teachers who had attended training on project…
Descriptors: Supervision, Supervisory Training, Inservice Teacher Education, Professional Development
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Moskel, Jennifer M.; Shroyer, Emily L.; Rowe, Shawn; Needham, Mark D.; Arbic, Brian K. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2021
The development of informal science learning programs (ISLPs) is a growing strategy among scientists seeking to engage communities. However, little scholarship exists on higher education ISLPs, limiting best practices for program development. This article explores the perceived impacts for student learners and scientist instructors of an…
Descriptors: Marine Education, Oceanography, Summer Schools, Outreach Programs
National Science Foundation, 2016
Graduate education plays a central role in advancing the Nation's science and engineering research enterprise. It is also increasingly the means by which the Nation develops a diverse and highly technical Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) professional workforce. The view that graduate education in STEM disciplines is an…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Graduate Study, Educational Objectives, Goal Orientation
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Birth, Marisol; Claes, Daniel R.; Pedersen, Jon E. – Science Educator, 2018
This article reports on the results of an exploratory phenomenological study of six Nebraska high school physics teachers and their perceived impact of participating in a collaborative scientific research program that provided training in experimental procedures and advanced, extracurricular physics topics, all building on fundamental high school…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Teachers, Expertise, Professional Development
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Barmin, Nikolay; Petrov, Yuri; Petrov, Aleksey; Bulaeva, Marina – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The topicality of the research is conditioned by the social and pedagogic, scientific and theoretical, and scientific and methodical aspects. With regard to this, the paper is aimed at revealing the dependence of the teacher's overall work capacity on the development of his/her professional expertise. The leading methods in studying this problem…
Descriptors: Expertise, Professional Development, Vocational Education, Scientific Concepts
Cooke, Nancy J., Ed.; Hilton, Margaret L., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2015
The past half-century has witnessed a dramatic increase in the scale and complexity of scientific research. The growing scale of science has been accompanied by a shift toward collaborative research, referred to as "team science." Scientific research is increasingly conducted by small teams and larger groups rather than individual…
Descriptors: Science Education, Cooperation, Scientific Research, Program Effectiveness
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Howard, Matthew Owen; Fraser, Mark W.; Bowen, Gary L. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2018
Scientific and professional developments in the coming decade will have profound implications for social work doctoral education and the research and academic careers doctoral students are preparing for. These developments include the knowledge explosion, corporatization of the university and related effects, and the emergence of the Grand…
Descriptors: Doctoral Programs, Social Work, Graduate Students, Professional Development
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Diaz-Martinez, Laura A.; Fisher, Ginger R.; Esparza, David; Bhatt, Jay M.; D'Arcy, Christina E.; Apodaca, Jennifer; Brownell, Sara; Corwin, Lisa; Davis, William B.; Floyd, Kevin W.; Killion, Patrick J.; Madden, Jaclyn; Marsteller, Patricia; Mayfield-Meyer, Teresa; McDonald, Kelly K.; Rosenberg, Martina; Yarborough, Mark A.; Olimpo, Jeffrey T. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Advancement of the scientific enterprise relies on individuals conducting research in anethical and responsible manner. Educating emergent scholars in the principles of ethics/responsible conduct of research (E/RCR) is therefore critical to ensuring such advancement. The recent impetus to include authentic research opportunities as part of the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Training, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
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Shakuto, Elena A.; Dorozhkin, Evgenij M.; Kozlova, Anastasia A. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the subject under analysis is determined by the lack of theoretical development of the problem of management of teacher scientific-methodical work in vocational educational institutions based upon innovative approaches in the framework of project paradigm. The purpose of the article is to develop and test a science-based…
Descriptors: Scientific Methodology, Vocational Education, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
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Saka, Yavuz – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2013
To address the need to better prepare teachers to enact science education reforms, the National Science Foundation has supported a Research Experience for Teachers (RET's) format for teacher professional development. In these experiences, teachers work closely with practicing scientists to engage in authentic scientific inquiry. Although…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Faculty Development, Science Education, Educational Change
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Casad, Bettina J.; Chang, Amy L.; Pribbenow, Christine M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
The Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) is designed to support undergraduate students' professional development as future scientists. Juniors, seniors, and postbaccalaureates who attended ABRCMS during 2008-2011 were emailed a link to an online questionnaire in which they reported their experiences at the…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Conferences (Gatherings), Minority Group Students, Educational Benefits
Helms, Jenifer; Stokes, Laura – Inverness Research, 2013
A "conference" is a familiar mode of work for academics. Conferences provide opportunities to bring professionals working in a field together to share and build knowledge. As common as conferences are, however, they are quite challenging to design in ways that truly succeed in galvanizing the attention of an academic community on a…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Professional Development, Conferences (Gatherings), Case Studies
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