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A Need聽for CUREs
A group of faculty representing ten departments and units across 麻豆影院 produced a white paper submitted to the Academic Futures Initiative in 2017 describing the current need for expanded research experiences for undergraduates and of faculty seeking to design these courses. 聽
Also included are descriptions, syllabi, and sample curricula from six courses currently offered in the College of Arts & Sciences.
How to Define a CURE
One of the aims of the National Science Foundation-funded Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences Network (CUREnet) is to create an operational definition of CUREs. Focusing mainly on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, a summary of their first meeting with conclusions as .
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also offers goals for all participants including faculty and students.
CURE Models
Read more about聽how CUREs have been implemented in the聽听诲别辫补谤迟尘别苍迟.
Erin Dolan from University of Georgia has expertise in designing and assessing outcomes of CUREs. As part of an effort to summarize the current efforts and needs in 2016, she published a .听
National CURE Programs
SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) is a two-semester,聽discovery-based undergraduate research course聽that begins with simple digging in the soil to find new viruses, but progresses through a variety of microbiology techniques and eventually to complex genome annotation and bioinformatic analyses.
The Actinobacteriophage Database at PhagesDB.org is a website that collects and shares data, pictures, protocols, and analysis tools associated with the discovery, sequencing, and characterization of聽鈥攙iruses that infect the聽Mycobacteria聽and also other bacterial hosts in the phylum Actinobacteria. It was developed at鈥攁nd is maintained from鈥攖he聽Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute, a joint venture of聽Dr. Graham Hatfull听补苍诲听Dr. Roger Hendrix, both of the聽聽at the聽.
This unique class approach harnesses the power of active learning to achieve both educational and scientific goals. SWI is an innovative program that successfully encourages students to pursue careers in science through hands-on experience and real-world applicable laboratory and field research in introductory courses.听
Faculty Resources References:
Shortlidge, Erin E., Bangera, Gita, and Brownell, Sara E. 2017. 鈥. J Microbiol Biol Educ. 18(2): 18.2.29.
Sipress, Joel M. and David J. Voelker. 2009. 鈥.鈥 In Exploring Signature Pedagogies: Approaches to Teaching Disciplinary Habits of Mind, edited by Regan A. R. Gurung, Nancy L. Chick, and Aeron Haynie, 19-35. Sterling, VA: Stylus.