Howard Hughes Medical Institute—Undergraduate Science Education Program
HHMI Innovative Teaching
The University of Michigan was awarded a $1.5 million grant by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to further develop innovative methods of teaching basic biology that are being pioneered by cell biologis t and Life Sciences Institute researcher Daniel J. Klionsky. The grant project will also include contributions by Sandra Gregerman, director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) and Cinda-Sue Davis, director of Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).
The grant is among $86.4 million given out by HHMI this week to strengthen and enrich undergraduate science teaching at research universities.
An accomplished researcher in his own right, Klionsky is critical of the traditional lecture format by which he learned science. "You can't just transfer knowledge from one person to another," Klionsky says. "Knowledge is constructed, and learned, by each individual in his or her own way."
Science also requires problem solving and collaboration with other people, he adds. Sitting in a lecture, silently competing for grades with your colleagues, is not how real science is done.
The Grant
- I. Student Research and Broadening Access to Science
- II. New, Current and Future Faculty Development
- III. Curricular Development
- IV. Precollege and Outreach
- V. Program Assessment and Dissemination
High School and Community College Teachers
Coming soon.
U-M and BGSU Faculty Learning Community
Links
Contacts
Daniel J. Klionsky, Program Director
klionsky@umich.edu
Klionsky lab website
Cinda-Sue Davis, Director, WISE
csdavis@umich.edu
WISE website
Sandra Gregerman, Director, UROP
sgreger@umich.edu
UROP website
