Connected Science: Strategies for Integrative Learning in College (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253009391 ISBN 13: 9780253009395

Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Informed by the scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL), Connected Science presents a new approach to college science education for the 21st century. This interdisciplinary approach stresses integrative learning and pedagogies that engage students through open-ended inquiry, compelling real-world questions, and data-rich experiences. Faculty from a variety of disciplines and institutions present case studies based on research in the classroom, offering insights into student learning goals and best practices in curriculum design. Synthetic chapters bring together themes from the case studies, present an overview of the connected science approach, and identify strategies and future challenges to help move this work forward.

About this title

About the Author

Tricia A. Ferrett is Professor of Chemistry at Carleton College and founder and former director of the Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative.

David R. Geelan is Senior Lecturer in Science Education at Griffith University, Australia.

Whitney M. Schlegel is Associate Professor of Biology and Founding Director of the Human Biology Program at Indiana University.

Joanne L. Stewart is Professor of Chemistry at Hope College.

Review

"The educational philosophy presented in Connected Science draws upon existing reform movements in higher education but goes further by providing a more coherent and intentional integration of pedagogy, assessment, faculty scholarship, and student learning. This type of integration is sorely needed in educational reform initiatives."

(Trace Jordan New York University)

"A significant contribution to science pedagogy and to the scholarship of teaching and learning.... [W]ill be of interest to researchers in the area of science education and to college and university faculty members who seek to improve their teaching."

(David W. Oxtoby Pomona College)

Edition details

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0253009391
• ISBN 13: 9780253009395
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 189
• Editor: Ferrett Tricia A., Geelan David R., Schlegel Whitney M., Stewart Joanne L.