Improving How Universities Teach Science

Too many universities remain wedded to outmoded ways of teaching. Too few departments ask whether what happens in their lecture halls is effective at helping students to learn and how they can encourage their faculty to teach better. But real change is possible, and Carl Wieman shows us how it can be done-through detailed, tested strategies.

About the author

Carl Wieman is Professor of Physics and of Education at Stanford University. He was the founding chair of the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Science Education from 2004 to 2009, and in 2001 won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He was named U.S. University Professor of the Year in 2004 by the Carnegie Foundation.

Summary

Too many universities remain wedded to outmoded ways of teaching. Too few departments ask whether what happens in their lecture halls is effective at helping students to learn and how they can encourage their faculty to teach better. But real change is possible, and Carl Wieman shows us how it can be done—through detailed, tested strategies.

Product details

• Authors: C. E. Wieman, Carl Wieman
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9780674972070
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97207-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 242 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Education, SCIENCE / Study & Teaching, EDUCATION / Administration / Higher, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching of a specific subject, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher