Science Education and Civic Engagement: The Next Level

Content: 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