GRANTS

PEARLS awards faculty grants for curricular innovations. 

The following projects were supported in 2020.

  • “Developing real world clinical scenario based engaging and experiential learning method for Clinical Biochemistry course” – Dr. Tranum Kaur, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  • “Expanding, Testing, and Publishing Microbiology Case Studies” – Dr. Tanya Noel, Department of Integrative Biology

The following projects were supported in 2016 and 2017:

  • “Identification of misconceptions and troublesome concepts in Microbiology, with development and testing of targeted pedagogical activities ” – T.C Noel
  • “Developing Cancer Biology Pedagogy through Student-Faculty Partnerships” – D. Cavallo-Medved, M. Bondy, C. Donaldson
  • “Activity Packs for K-12 Science Outreach” – M. Bondy
  • “Gender Ratios in Science: Laying the Foundation for the UWindsor Women in Science Learning Community” – M. Bondy, D. Cavallo-Medved
  • “Graduate Student Led Development of Novel Biology Education Modules” – D. Cavallo-Medved, T. Noel, D. Higgs
  • “Development and testing of targeted, innovative pedagogical approaches to address misconceptions and troublesome concepts in undergraduate Microbiology courses” – T. Noel
  • Student assessment of an Open Educational Resource for remedial teaching of rearranging and solving equations” – M. Lubrick