Science Education and Civic Engagement: The Next Level
Edited by Richard D. Sheardy and Wm. David Burns
American Chemical Society
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgment
1. Meeting the Challenges of Large Scale Educational Reform: SENCER and
the Problem of "Knowledge Inequality"
Wm. David Burns
2. Incorporating an Environmental Research Project Across Three STEM
Courses: A Collaboration between Ecology, Organic Chemistry, and
Analytical Chemistry Students
Douglas E. Latch, W. Lindsay Whitlow, and Peter J. Alaimo
3. Weaving a Tapestry of Change: Implementing SENCER on Campus
DonnaJean A. Fredeen
4. How To Build a Transdisciplinary Certificate
Jeffrey B. Robb and Richard D. Sheardy
5. Teaching and Learning on Radioactive Landscapes: Nuclear Unclear
Cathy Middlecamp
6. Connecting Head, Hand, and Heart: SENCER and Becoming a Chemist
Matthew A. Fisher
7. Bringing SENCER's Civic Engagement Strengths to Large Research
Universities: A "Trojan Horse" Hybrid Model To Initiate Incremental
Course Reform
Garon C. Smith
8. Stop, Look, Listen: Making a Difference in the Way Future Teachers Think
About Science and Teaching
Carolyn M. Viviano, Maria R. Alderete, Catie Boarts, and Meredith McCarthy
9. Formal/Informal Science Learning through Civic Engagement: Both Sides
of the Education Equation
Alan J. Friedman and Ellen F. Mappen
10. SENCER and the Dual Poster Concept: Translating Science into Common
Language
Le Shepard, Nicole Wallis, and Cynthia Maguire
11. Disseminating Curricular Models: Bringing SENCER to the Next Level
Eliza Jane Reilly
12. STEM Practice and Assessment: SENCER's Influence on Educators
Danielle Kraus Tarka and Janice Ballou
13. Using the SENCER-SALG To Reveal Student Learning in a Large-Scale
Environmental Chemistry Course for Non-Majors
Trace Jordan
14. The Importance of Interface: A Tale of Two Sites
Stephen B. Carroll
15. Applying the Innovation Diffusion Model to SENCERizing the Curriculum:
Has SENCER Crossed the Chasm?
Amy M. Shachter and Jon J. Barnett
Editors' Biographies
Indexes
Author Index
Subject Index