Improving How Universities Teach Science: Lessons from the Science Education Initiative

Too many universities remain wedded to outmoded ways of teaching science in spite of extensive research showing that there are much more effective methods. Too few departments ask whether what happens in their lecture halls is effective at helping students to learn and how they can encourage their f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Carl Wieman
Format: Printed Book
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts Harvard University Press 2017
Subjects:
Science > Study and teaching (Higher) Science > Study and teaching (Higher) > Evaluation. Effective teaching.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The vision behind the SEI
  • 2. The SEI model of change
  • 3. Implementation
  • 4. Science education specialists: agents of change
  • 5. Results
  • 6. What worked and what didn't
  • Coda
  • Appendix 1: SEI course transformation guide
  • Appendix 2: Guide to interviewing students and faculty
  • Appendix 3: Examples of SES advertisements and interview questions
  • Appendix 4: Sample questions for SES interviews.

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