Preparing the Next Generation of Integrative Organismal Biologists.
| Autor: | Padilla DK; Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-5245, USA., Grünbaum D; School of Oceanography, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7940, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Integrative and comparative biology [Integr Comp Biol] 2024 Sep 27; Vol. 64 (3), pp. 1007-1018. |
| DOI: | 10.1093/icb/icae098 |
| Abstrakt: | Pursuing cutting edge questions in organismal biology in the future will require novel approaches for training the next generation of organismal biologists, including knowledge and use of systems-type modeling combined with integrative organismal biology. We link agendas recommending changes in science education and practice across three levels: Broadening the concept of organismal biology to promote modeling organisms as systems interacting with higher and lower organizational levels; enhancing undergraduate science education to improve applications of quantitative reasoning and modeling in the scientific process; and K-12 curricula based on Next Generation Science Standards emphasizing development and use of models in the context of explanatory science, solution design, and evaluating and communicating information. Out of each of these initiatives emerges an emphasis on routine use of models as tools for hypothesis testing and prediction. The question remains, however, what is the best approach for training the next generation of organismal biology students to facilitate their understanding and use of models? We address this question by proposing new ways of teaching and learning, including the development of interactive web-based modeling modules that lower barriers for scientists approaching this new way of imagining and conducting integrative organismal biology. (© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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