Improving How Universities Teach Science: Lessons from the Science Education Initiative (Record no. 296452)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780674972070
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 507.11 WIE-I
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Personal name Carl Wieman
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Improving How Universities Teach Science: Lessons from the Science Education Initiative
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Cambridge, Massachusetts
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harvard University Press
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2017
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 265 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. 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 faculty to teach better. But real change is possible, and Carl Wieman shows us how it can be done. Improving How Universities Teach Science distills Wieman's unparalleled experience in a blueprint for educators seeking sustainable improvements in science teaching. Wieman created the Science Education Initiative (SEI), a program implemented across thirteen science departments at the universities of Colorado and British Columbia, to support the widespread adoption of the best research-based approaches to science teaching. The program's data show that in the most successful departments 90 percent of faculty adopted better methods. Wieman identifies what factors helped and hindered the adoption of good teaching methods. He also gives detailed, effective, and tested strategies for departments and institutions to measure and improve the quality of their teaching while limiting the demands on faculty time. Among all of the commentary addressing shortcomings in higher education, Wieman's lessons on improving teaching and learning stand out. His analysis and solutions are not limited to just one lecture hall or course but deal with changing entire departments and universities. For those who want to improve how universities teach science to the next generation, Wieman's work is a critical first step.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) Science -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Evaluation. Effective teaching.
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        Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Dept. of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Processing Center 27/09/2017 1 507.11 WIE-I DCB3160 19/10/2017 28/09/2017 27/09/2017 Book