Evaluating the Representation of Community Colleges in Biology Education Research Publications following a Call to Action.

Autor: Creech C; Department of Biology, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR 97030., Just J; Department of Biology, Portland Community College, Portland, OR 97217., Hammarlund S; Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455., Rolle CE; Department of Science and Mathematics, Capital Community College, Hartford, CT 06103., Gonsar NY; Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.; Department of Biology, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN 55431., Olson A; Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455., Campbell N; Department of Science and Mathematics, Capital Community College, Hartford, CT 06103., Mennes K; Department of Science and Mathematics, Capital Community College, Hartford, CT 06103., Adoradio C; Department of Biology, Normandale Community College, Bloomington, MN 55431., Soneral P; Department of Biological Sciences, Bethel University, St. Paul, MN 55112., Ewell S; Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849., Mazur C; Department of Natural Sciences, Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN 55106., Lane AK; Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455., Hewlett J; Finger Lakes Community College, Canandaigua, NY 14424., Cotner S; Department of Biology Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455.; Department of Biological Sciences/bioCEED Centre for Excellence in Biology Education, University of Bergen, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: CBE life sciences education [CBE Life Sci Educ] 2022 Dec; Vol. 21 (4), pp. ar67.
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.21-09-0249
Abstrakt: Interest in biology education research (BER) has been growing over the last two decades, yet few BER publications focus on community colleges, which serve a large percentage of the undergraduate student population and a majority of those students who identify with historically underserved groups. In this paper, we define community college biology education research (CC BER) as publications with a community college faculty member as an author, publications with a community college study context or a focus on community college biology teaching and learning, and publications that use community college students as a source of data. We conducted a literature review to quantify how CC BER has progressed since initial calls for broadening participation by recording the number of CC BER publications in seven prominent journals between 2016 and 2020. Our formal analysis of peer-reviewed BER literature indicates that there has been a statistically significant increase in CC BER publications from 3.2% to 5.9% of total BER publications since the last analysis in 2017. We conclude with a discussion of strategies for further broadening of participation in CC BER.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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