Department of Biology, High Point University, High Point, NC 27268.
Minorities Affairs Committee, Bethesda, MD 20814.
Mol Biol Cell. 2019 Sep 1;30(19):2439-2440. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E19-06-0349.
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is a community dedicated to helping prepare the next generation of scientists to advance our understanding of the cell to an unprecedented level of sophistication and detail. Its Education Committee fosters this process by creating educational and professional development opportunities around best practices in science pedagogy, while its Minorities Affairs Committee aims to strengthen the scientific workforce by broadening participation of and support for underrepresented minorities in cell biology. To act upon these complementary priorities, the ASCB has developed a Declaration on Effective and Inclusive Biology Education. Its purpose is to outline practical actions for stakeholders in undergraduate education at the levels of faculty, departments, institutions, professional organizations, and funding agencies. Its recommendations are rooted in evidence-based best practices to support the success of diverse and heterogeneous undergraduate demographics and are designed to be highly adaptable to the existing strengths and needs of individual practitioners, student populations, and institutions. We acknowledge the ever-evolving nature of best practices in undergraduate education and hope that the dissemination of this declaration will play a role in this iterative process.
美国细胞生物学学会（ASCB）是一个致力于帮助培养下一代科学家的社区，旨在将我们对细胞的理解提升到前所未有的复杂和详细程度。其教育委员会通过围绕科学教学法的最佳实践来创造教育和专业发展机会来促进这一过程，而其少数群体事务委员会则旨在通过扩大细胞生物学领域代表性不足的少数群体的参与和支持来加强科学劳动力。为了实现这些互补的优先事项，ASCB 制定了一项关于有效和包容生物学教育的宣言。其目的是为本科教育的教师、系、机构、专业组织和资助机构层面的利益相关者概述切实可行的行动。其建议基于支持多样化和异质本科人群成功的循证最佳实践，旨在高度适应各个从业者、学生群体和机构的现有优势和需求。我们承认本科教育中最佳实践的不断发展性质，并希望本宣言的传播将在这一迭代过程中发挥作用。
