Science Education and Civic Engagement: The Next Level

Edited by Richard D. Sheardy and Wm. David Burns

American Chemical Society

ACS Symposium Series

Provides the latest thinking on the subject of science education
Stems from the 242nd meeting of the American Chemical Society in 2011
Focuses on incorporating Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities ideals into science curricula

Science Education and Civic Engagement: The Next Level

Edited by Richard D. Sheardy and Wm. David Burns

American Chemical Society

Description

This book evolved from a symposium held at the 242th annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in August 2011 at Denver, CO. The symposium, hosted by the Division of Chemical Education, focused on incorporating SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) ideals into science curricula. SENCER embraces the notion that science education should provide students an opportunity to learn science, to think critically about global issues, and to act as citizen scientists. The contributors to this book have a deep
appreciation for science education reform and an understanding of the associated issues.
This volume is a follow up to Science Education and Civic Engagement: The SENCER Approach (Edited by Richard D. Sheardy, ACS Symposium Series 1037, 2010) that contained chapters about course redesign, assessment and effective scientific communication. This new book focuses on how the SENCER approach has been expanded to include not just individual courses, but programs of study.

Science Education and Civic Engagement: The Next Level

Edited by Richard D. Sheardy and Wm. David Burns

American Chemical Society

ACS Symposium Series

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

Science Education and Civic Engagement: The Next Level

Edited by Richard D. Sheardy and Wm. David Burns

American Chemical Society

ACS Symposium Series

Author Information

Richard D. Sheardy is associated with the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Texas Woman's University. Wm. David Burns is associated with the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement in Washington, DC.