Life Sciences Education Research Resources

Education Research Groups

• SABER (Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research) - SABER is a scientific community whose members develop theory and generate evidence with the goal of improving biology education. SABER fosters Biology Education Research (BER) and its dissemination by defining the standards for BER practice, supporting the BER community through training and faculty development programs, and fostering collaborations among BER investigators - https://saberbio.wildapricot.org//

Conferences

• List of conferences curated by SABER - https://saberbio.wildapricot.org/Events-of-Potential-Interest
• Gordon Conference - Undergraduate Biology Education Research
• National Association of Biology Teachers - college section
• Education section of
  • Ecological Society of America
  • Cell Biology (ASCB)
  • Plant Biology (ASPB)
  • Experimental Biology - ASBMB, APS, ASPET, etc.
  • Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS)
  • Society for the Study of Evolution (SSE)

Journals

• CBE - Life Sciences Education (CBE-LSE)
• Advances in Physiology Education (Advances)
• Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education (JMBE)
• Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education (BAMBED)
• Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching
• Journal of Biological Education
• American Biology Teacher
• Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (JUNE)
• Evolution: Education and Outreach
• Anatomical Sciences Education
• Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Educator

Frameworks/Guiding Documents

• The Vision and Change initiative, a collaborative effort of NSF, HHMI, AAAS, and NIH is investing in a number of activities designed to transform undergraduate biology teaching - http://visionandchange.org/

Affiliated Groups

• PULSE - a community of scientists dedicated to department-level implementation of Vision and Change recommendations. Funded by HHMI, NSF, and NIH - https://pulse-community.org/ and http://www.pulsecommunity.org/page/pulse-framework
• Professional Societies Alliance for Life Science Education (PSALSE) - AIBS is helping to facilitate a conversation among professional societies that are invested in supporting the transformation of life science education. The group has formed the Professional Society Alliance for Life Science Education (PSALSE), meets periodically to share resources and strategies, and determine ways in which we can achieve greater collective impact.

https://psalse.wordpress.com/

• RCN-UBE projects and other networks, such as:
  • Faculty Developer Network for Undergraduate Biology Education (FDN-UBE) is an NSF-funded RCN-UBE project for advancing the professional development of undergraduate biology faculty to improve teaching and learning of biology. The network is building and supporting a community of practitioners to analyze the state of the field of professional development, identify gaps in practice, and then engage professional societies and other organizations in a series of coordinated and collaborative efforts to improve faculty development.
  • The Biology Teaching Assistant Project (BioTAP) is a network for improving the teaching professional development (TPD) provided to biology graduate students. The goal of BioTAP is to work with each other to improve TPD for all biology graduate students so that these GTAs can deliver the best possible teaching and learning environment for undergraduate students in their classes. https://biotap.utk.edu/

Resources

• CourseSource - Evidence-based and peer-reviewed teaching resources for undergraduate biology education - http://www.coursesource.org/
• lifescitrc.org Life Sciences Teaching Resource Community -- partnership of Life Sciences disciplinary societies, has resources and also community-building capacity