Vision and Change Update: Progress in Implementing Report Goals in Undergraduate Biology Education 2014 APS Intersociety Meeting: Comparative Approaches to Grand Challenges in Physiology San Diego, CA 7 October 2014 Cynthia Bauerle, Ph.D. Undergraduate and Graduate Science Education Programs Howard Hughes Medical Institute

VISION AND CHANGE Where did it come from?

1986 Brief History of Undergraduate Science Education Reform

Future of US Scientific Workforce

2008 Computational Thinking Synthetic Thinking 2007 Future of the Discipline (J. Collins, 2014, with permission) Multiscale Thinking 2008 Systems Thinking Convergence Thinking

Interest in STEM remains high

National 5-year completion rate in STEM (Higher Education Research Institute, UCLA) Undergraduate Retention Is Low Percent of First Year Enrollees

STEM Workforce is Unrepresentative of US Population US Population (%) White American63.7 African American12.2 Asian American4.7 Hispanic American16.4 American Indian0.7 Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander 0.2

PCAST Recommendations: Catalyze widespread adoption of empirically validated teaching practices. Advocate and provide support for replacing standard laboratory courses with discovery- based research courses. Launch a national experiment in postsecondary mathematics education to address the math preparation gap. Encourage partnerships among stakeholders to diversify pathways to STEM careers. Create a Presidential Council on STEM education with leadership from the academic and business communities to provide strategic leadership for transformative and sustainable change in STEM undergraduate education. National Agenda for Undergraduate STEM Education Reform

“The time has never been more critical to rethink what and how we teach to ensure that the biology we teach engages all students and reflects the biology we practice in the laboratory and in the field.” Carol Brewer, Co-Chair, 2011

VISION AND CHANGE Blueprint for Life Science Education Reform? Recommendations: Integrate core concepts and competencies throughout the curriculum Focus on student-centered learning Promote a campus-wide commitment to change Engage the biology community in the implementation of change

V&C Recommendation #1 Integrate core concepts and competencies throughout the curriculum – Access to resources – Curricular Alignment Projects – Alignment with K-12 education reform

V&C Recommendation #2 Focus on student-centered learning – Faculty Development – Institutional Support for Faculty Teaching – Multi-institutional experiments (e.g. CREs)

V&C Recommendation #3 Promote a campus-wide commitment to change – Organizational Leadership – Research Networks – Implementing Evidence-Based Approaches

V&C Recommendation #4 Engage the biology community in the implementation of change – Communities of Practice – Communities of Scholars – Scientific Societies

Network for change: PULSE PULSE Fellows,

Community of LS Education Scholars

VISION AND CHANGE What’s next? National reform agenda Evidence-based practice Measureable outcomes Dissemination and adaptation Scaling up Network development and collective impact