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Tao Ye announces the next reading assignment. Marc Studer photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 trajectory of an academic career often takes scholar from a doctorate to a post-doctoral or \u201cpostdoc\u201d research position and then to a first faculty appointment. But, even people as highly trained as research scientists may be turned down by a college or university because they haven\u2019t done much teaching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s the same conundrum that many jobseekers find themselves in: You don\u2019t qualify for the job without experience, and you can\u2019t get experience without a job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three University of Washington postdoc research scientists who need some teaching experience to become professors have gone back to school at UW Bothell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pranab Roy Chowdhury, Nathan Ennist and Tao Ye are gaining valuable time in front of a classroom this winter through the Science Teaching Experience Program<\/a>. STEP is run by Rebecca Price, a professor in UW Bothell\u2019s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 newest scientists <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Rebecca
Rebecca Price. Marc Studer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 three are co-instructors in Price\u2019s 200-level biology seminar, Renewable Energy: Meeting the Global Sustainability Challenges. For undergraduates, the course explores renewable energy technologies and the relationships between energy, food and water. For the postdocs, the once-a-week class is a stepping stone from their daily research jobs to where they want to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roy Chowdhury works at the School of Environmental and Forest Sciences where he analyzes the effects of human-environment interactions on forest landscapes in the Pacific Northwest. Ennist works within the Institute for Protein Design where he designs chlorophyll binding proteins that might be incorporated in algae to improve biofuel production. Ye works in the School of Medicine\u2019s Department of Bioengineering where he researches \u201ceverything about water.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nationally, only about 10% of postdocs in sciences find faculty jobs. Roy Chowdhury feels that a lack of teaching experience has been a significant barrier for him. Ye said that after a rejection he updated his CV (an academic resume) to add the STEP program, and the chair of the department was more encouraging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEP first trains postdocs in teaching strategies. 足彩app哪个是正规的n, working in teams of three, they co-design a 10-week course and take turns teaching under the observation of Price or another experienced faculty mentor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About half of STEP graduates find positions in the academy, Price said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learning best practices <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Pranab
Pranab Roy Chowdhury. Marc Studer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Ye had some previous experience in giving lectures but found the STEP model completely different. \u201cHere it\u2019s student-centered and more about active learning,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel it\u2019s easier for me to teach than to lecture. It makes me like teaching more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 method is part of STEP\u2019s mission, Price said. \u201cWhat we know from the literature is that a straight lecture is not that effective, but when students are \u2018doing,\u2019 then teaching can be very effective.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a class session that Ennist taught, students divided into small groups to discuss ways to improve solar cells, solar panels and biofuels. 足彩app哪个是正规的n the groups were shuffled so that all the discussions were shared with everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bonus of the program is bringing advanced research to undergraduates. Ennist had the opportunity to mention his protein design work when the class discussed the inefficiency of current biofuel production. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think as scientists we generally live in our own bubble, think in our own abstract terms,\u201d Roy Chowdhury said. \u201cTrying to make that understandable and explaining it to undergraduates just coming into the field is a great experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWherever we end up, I think that communication \u2014 just how to explain this to somebody who is very new to science \u2014 that will help us for a very long time,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 value of teaching <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Nathan
Nathan Ennist. Marc Studer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All three postdocs said STEP was not only giving them experience and tools for teaching but also a greater appreciation for their role.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHaving to teach to a class of undergrads forced me to broaden my perspective and see where my research fits in to the bigger picture,\u201d Ennist said. \u201cThis program is helping us see the value of teaching and the role we can play in developing students to become critical thinkers and scientists.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

足彩app哪个是正规的 200-level course is also intended to incorporate social and cultural components of science, Price said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ye\u2019s reading assignment for one class was about dam failures and dam construction in the United States, Italy and China. 足彩app哪个是正规的 students were asked to reflect on the fact that hydroelectric power is the largest source of renewable energy in Washington. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat are the social and environmental repercussions of that? A lot of times when we teach science classes, we neglect to bring in those social-cultural elements,\u201d Price said. \u201cThat is a big component of these 200-level STEP classes.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding opportunities <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the course mentored by Price, Salwa Al-Noori, a biology lecturer in the School of STEM, is mentoring a 400-level seminar on immunology. 足彩app哪个是正规的re also are STEP courses at the UW in Seattle and at the University of Puget Sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since it began a decade ago, about 130 postdocs have taken STEP. This year, there are 24 postdocs in the cohort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEP shows postdocs that there are opportunities at institutions like UW Bothell where teaching is \u201cessential to our identities as faculty,\u201d Price said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEP is supported by UW Bothell\u2019s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences and School of STEM, the UW College of Arts & Sciences, the UW School of Medicine and the University of Puget Sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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