Fink Alix D Dowling, Allen Taylor, Arriola Paul E, Barea-Rodriguez Edwin J, Jacob Nitya P, Kelrick Michael Ira, Otto Joann, Reiness C Gary, Washington Jacqueline
Longwood University, Farmville, Virginia, USA.
Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, USA.
J Microbiol Biol Educ. 2024 Dec 12;25(3):e0005224. doi: 10.1128/jmbe.00052-24. Epub 2024 Sep 12.
The Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education (PULSE) is a non-profit educational organization committed to promoting the transformation of undergraduate STEM education by supporting departments in removing barriers to access, equity, and inclusion and in adopting evidence-based teaching and learning practices. The PULSE Ambassadors Campus Workshop program enables faculty and staff members of host departments to 1) develop communication, shared leadership, and inclusion skills for effective team learning; 2) implement facilitative leadership skills (e.g., empathic listening and collaboration); 3) create a shared vision and departmental action plan; and 4) integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in the department and curriculum. From the first workshop in 2014, teams of trained Ambassadors conducted workshops at 58 institutions, including associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral institutions. In their workshop requests, departments cited several motivations: desire to revise and align their curriculum with recommendations, need for assistance with ongoing curricular reform, and wish for external assistance with planning processes and communication. Formative assessments during and immediately following workshops indicated that key outcomes were met. Post-workshop interviews of four departments confirm progress achieved on action items and development of individual department members as agents of change. The PULSE Ambassadors program continues to engage departments to improve undergraduate STEM education and prepare departments for the challenges and uncertainties of the changing higher education landscape.
本科生命科学教育合作组织（PULSE）是一个非营利性教育组织，致力于通过支持各部门消除获取、公平和包容方面的障碍，并采用基于证据的教学实践，来推动本科STEM教育的变革。PULSE大使校园工作坊项目使主办部门的教职员工能够：1）培养有效团队学习所需的沟通、共享领导和包容技能；2）运用促进性领导技能（如同感倾听和协作）；3）创建共同愿景和部门行动计划；4）将多元化、公平和包容实践融入部门和课程。从2014年的第一次工作坊开始，经过培训的大使团队在58所机构举办了工作坊，包括专科、本科、硕士和博士院校。在工作坊申请中，各部门提到了几个动机：希望根据建议修订课程并使其保持一致，需要在正在进行的课程改革方面获得帮助，以及希望在规划流程和沟通方面获得外部协助。工作坊期间及结束后立即进行的形成性评估表明，关键成果得以实现。对四个部门进行的工作坊后访谈证实了在行动项目上取得的进展以及个别部门成员作为变革推动者的成长。PULSE大使项目继续促使各部门改进本科STEM教育，并使各部门为不断变化的高等教育格局带来的挑战和不确定性做好准备。
