Catching the Wave: Are Biology Graduate Students on Board with Evidence-Based Teaching?

CBE Life Sciences Education
Emma C GoodwinErin E Shortlidge

Abstract

Graduate students hold a critical role in responding to national calls for increased adoption of evidence-based teaching (EBT) in undergraduate classrooms, as they not only serve as teaching assistants, but also represent the pool from which future faculty will emerge. Through interviews with 32 biology graduate students from 25 institutions nationwide, we sought to understand the progress these graduate students are making in adopting EBT through qualitative exploration of their perceptions of and experiences with both EBT and instructional professional development. Initial inductive content analysis of interview transcripts guided the holistic placement of participants within stages of Rogers's diffusions of innovations model, which we use as a theoretical framework to describe the progress of EBT adoption. We found that most graduate students in our sample are aware of and value EBT, but only 37.5% have implemented EBT. Many who were progressing toward EBT adoption had sought out supplementary instructional experiences beyond the requirements of their programs, and 72% perceived an institutional lack of support for teaching-related professional development opportunities. These data indicate that, while many graduate students...Continue Reading

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Jun 26, 2018·PloS One·Erin E Shortlidge, Sarah L Eddy
Sep 2, 2020·CBE Life Sciences Education·Lisa B LimeriElisabeth E Schussler
Feb 16, 2021·Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education·Lorelei E PatrickSehoya Cotner
Sep 22, 2021·CBE Life Sciences Education·Miranda M Chen MusgroveElisabeth E Schussler
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