Call for Proposals:
Inclusive Teaching Symposium

Applying Ethics of Care and Community Cultural Wealth to Improve STEM Teaching 

Thursday, March 2, 2023
4:00pm - 5:00pm Eastern    
ONLINE EVENT

We welcome all life sciences education researchers from elementary to graduate levels, in formal and informal settings.

You are invited to submit proposals to share your work on inclusive teaching in life sciences education. This special symposium, in the spirit of inclusion, seeks representation from all levels of biology and life science teaching. This means that we are also seeking volunteers from all NABT sections who would be interested in helping to review symposium proposals.

The theme this year is based on a recent essay by S. Shukla et al. (CBE-Life Sciences Education, Summer 2022, 21:es2, 1-11) Reframing Educational Outcomes: Moving beyond Achievement Gaps.

Community Cultural Wealth focuses on assets that students bring to the classroom, whereas, Ethics of Care is based on assets that an instructor brings to develop a classroom of respect. We are interested in learning how educational research might contribute to these frameworks and how educators can seek out situations that promote individual growth and maintain a caring classroom community. We welcome data-driven education research as well as experimental strategies about these 2 asset-based frameworks to meet learning goals and student outcomes.

This is a refereed session to be presented online on March 2nd. Successful submissions will be invited to present a 20-minute talk at the symposium. 

Proceedings will be available at Proceedings: Inclusive Teaching.

DEADLINE DECEMBER 22, 2022

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

• Proposals should be a maximum of five pages including references.
• Use 12-point Times New Roman font, 1” margins, single spacing, and APA formatting.  Please include the title at the top of each page, printed in capital letters. 

1. Theoretical framework and need. How does the activity intentionally seek to foster a learning environment that welcomes and engages all students? What is the evidentiary basis for the activity?
2. Methodology. What is the activity? Proposals emphasizing practice should describe the strategy for implementation in the classroom and for assessment of student outcomes. Proposals emphasizing research should describe the study design and relate it to the research question.
3. Analysis. What are the results of the activity? This section may include qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods evidence, and might include case study analysis, statistical analyses, and/or assessment results describing student outcomes. If possible, limitations of the activity, including implications for intersectionality should be addressed.
4. Implications. Based upon the presented work, what recommendations can be offered to the NABT community on how to improve inclusion in life sciences classrooms and promote culturally relevant pedagogies? If possible, proposals should consider implications that may extend to the full sciences teaching community.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION 

Please submit your completed proposal and 200 word abstract at https://nabt.wufoo.com/forms/call-for-proposals-inclusive-teaching-symposium

Your proposal must be uploaded as a WORD document. These WORD documents will be made into a PDF by the Chair of the review committee prior to submitting to the reviewers to ensure a blind review process.

DATES 

The proposal submission deadline is 11:59pm Pacific Standard Time on December 22, 2022.

Blind review will take place in December/January with final selection made by early February 2023. Minor corrections to submissions can be made after acceptance.