Bringing bioinformatics to schools with the 4273pi project.
Over the last few decades, the nature of life sciences research has changed enormously, generating a need for a workforce with a variety of computational skills such as those required to store, manage, and analyse the large biological datasets produced by next-generation sequencing. Those with such...
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| author | Stevie A Bain Heleen Plaisier Felicity Anderson Nicola Cook Kathryn Crouch Thomas R Meagher Michael G Ritchie Edward W J Wallace Daniel Barker |
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| description | Over the last few decades, the nature of life sciences research has changed enormously, generating a need for a workforce with a variety of computational skills such as those required to store, manage, and analyse the large biological datasets produced by next-generation sequencing. Those with such expertise are increasingly in demand for employment in both research and industry. Despite this, bioinformatics education has failed to keep pace with advances in research. At secondary school level, computing is often taught in isolation from other sciences, and its importance in biological research is not fully realised, leaving pupils unprepared for the computational component of Higher Education and, subsequently, research in the life sciences. The 4273pi Bioinformatics at School project (https://4273pi.org) aims to address this issue by designing and delivering curriculum-linked, hands-on bioinformatics workshops for secondary school biology pupils, with an emphasis on equitable access. So far, we have reached over 180 schools across Scotland through visits or teacher events, and our open education resources are used internationally. Here, we describe our project, our aims and motivations, and the practical lessons we have learned from implementing a successful bioinformatics education project over the last 5 years. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-798334d895124c8d80698c322e2a40b72025-01-29T05:30:31ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Computational Biology1553-734X1553-73582022-01-01181e100970510.1371/journal.pcbi.1009705Bringing bioinformatics to schools with the 4273pi project.Stevie A BainHeleen PlaisierFelicity AndersonNicola CookKathryn CrouchThomas R MeagherMichael G RitchieEdward W J WallaceDaniel BarkerOver the last few decades, the nature of life sciences research has changed enormously, generating a need for a workforce with a variety of computational skills such as those required to store, manage, and analyse the large biological datasets produced by next-generation sequencing. Those with such expertise are increasingly in demand for employment in both research and industry. Despite this, bioinformatics education has failed to keep pace with advances in research. At secondary school level, computing is often taught in isolation from other sciences, and its importance in biological research is not fully realised, leaving pupils unprepared for the computational component of Higher Education and, subsequently, research in the life sciences. The 4273pi Bioinformatics at School project (https://4273pi.org) aims to address this issue by designing and delivering curriculum-linked, hands-on bioinformatics workshops for secondary school biology pupils, with an emphasis on equitable access. So far, we have reached over 180 schools across Scotland through visits or teacher events, and our open education resources are used internationally. Here, we describe our project, our aims and motivations, and the practical lessons we have learned from implementing a successful bioinformatics education project over the last 5 years.https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009705&type=printable |
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