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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. "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--David W. Oxtoby, Pomona College Zusammenfassung Presents a new approach to tertiary science education for the 21st century Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: The Scholarship of Integrative Teaching and LearningMary Taylor Huber and Pat Hutchings Part I. Connected Science: Why Integrative Learning is Vital 1. Fostering Integrative Capacities for the 21st CenturyTricia Ferrett 2. From Student Learning to Teaching FoundationsTricia Ferrett Part II. Courses that Foster Integrative Learning 3. Public Health and Biochemistry:Connecting Content, Issues, and Values for MajorsMatt Fisher 4. Designing to Make A Difference: Authentic Integration of Professional Skills in an Engineering Capstone Design CourseGregory Kremer 5. Integrative Learning in a Data-Rich Mathematics ClassroomMike Burke 6. Navigating Wormholes: Integrative Learning in a First-Year Field CourseBettie Higgs Part III. Structures that Support Integrative Learning 7. Linking Integrated Middle-School Science with Literacy in Australian Teacher EducationDavid R. Geelan 8. SCALE-UP in a Large Introductory Biology CourseRobert Brooker, David Matthes, Robin Wright, Deena Wassenberg, Susan Wick, and Brett Couch 9. Reuniting the Arts and Sciences via Interdisciplinary Learning CommunitiesXian Liu, Kate Maiolatesi, and Jack Mino 10. Pedagogies of IntegrationRichard Gale Part IV. Broader Contexts for Integrative Learning 11. Integrative Moves by Novices: Crossing Institutional, Course, and Student ContextsTricia Ferrett and Joanne Stewart 12. Facilitating and Sustaining Interdisciplinary Curricula: From Theory to PracticeWhitney M. Schlegel ...
