Resources on Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP) is a compilation of articles, book chapters and videos that can inform the creation and implementation of education research projects! This can help you get started with research on your GTA TPD program. Four education researchers at the University of Georgia (Jennifer Thompson, Paula Lemons, Peggy Brickman, and…
Date: April 10 – June 12, 2019 Time: 3:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Location: Boyer Hall 130 Objective: To enrich the academic experiences of UCLA’s undergraduate researchers and to provide leadership guidance to UCLA’s graduate student and post-doctoral trainees who are about to embark on advance career aspirations. The goals of the mentoring seminar are…
If you are engaged in a federally-funded project to improve Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) and computer science education, STEM invite you to submit a video and discuss it with researchers, practitioners, policy makers and the public during an interactive week long event. Videos will address: Strategies to broaden participation & increase access for all Research…
The Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABERI, holds an annual west coast regional conference for education researcher in biology. UCLA was well represented at this year’s conference at UC Irvine, January 19th – 20th, with presentations by: Jeffrey Maloy – Spoke on the use of interesting but educationally irrelevant anecdotes in flipped…
Professor Beth Lazazzera, Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (MIMG), has accepted the position of Chair for the Life Sciences Core. Beth has extensive experience in curriculum development, teaching pedagogy, and administration that will provide an excellent foundation for the position. Her position is effective July 1, 2019, and she will be vice chair of…
The Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences is hiring a Regional Coordinator (Program Rep II). The Regional Coordinator will fulfill the goals identified by the NSF INCLUDES Alliance: Aspire – A National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM Faculty. Responsibilities include working to build communication channels that strengthen professional relationships among Southern California’s 2-…
Jenessa Shapiro, Associate Professor with appointments in UCLA’s Psychology Department and the Anderson School of Management, and an expert in stereotype threat, discrimination and prejudices, died Dec. 6 after a long illness. She was 38. Shapiro was an award-winning scholar of stereotype threat and prejudice in intergroup relations and she had a reputation as a…
– U.S. News Big data and automation are the future, but Americans need to understand the technology lest they become pawns of Silicon Valley. When it comes to big data, automation, robots and machine learning, for instance, change happens almost daily, and the learning curve is steep. Millions of people across this country are sitting…
– CBE Life Sciences The majority of students who enroll in undergraduate biology courses will eventually be employed in non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) business occupations. This work explores how representations of industry in undergraduate biology textbooks could impact STEM learning for these students and their ability to apply this learning in their chosen work.
– CBE Life Sciences Climate change is impacting the Pacific Islands first and most drastically, yet few native islanders are trained to recognize, analyze, or mitigate the impacts in these islands. To understand the reasons why low numbers of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders enter colleges, enroll in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, or…