This afternoon's journal club discussion will focus on a recent AAAS report called "Levers for Change: an Assessment of Progress on Changing STEM Education".
Despite abundant research supporting best educational practices, the use of effective pedagogical techniques in undergraduate classrooms is not the norm. One of the largest hurdles in STEM education lies in getting instructors to adopt learner-centered teaching approaches. In this report they consider how 'systems, structures, and cultures can work as levers to accomplish change in STEM instruction'.
They set out to assess the state of reform in STEM undergraduate instruction across six STEM disciplinary clusters:
- Life Sciences
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Engineering and Computer Science
- Geosciences
- Mathematical Sciences, including Statistics
- Physics and Astronomy
For this journal club, we ask that you pick a discipline of interest to you and read the section that pertains to that discipline. During the journal club we will discuss the key findings as well as the differences and commonalities between the disciplines.
Link to report: https://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/2019-07/levers-for-change-WEB100_2019.pdf
Date: Thursday, Oct. 17th from 2-3pm
Place: 109 Bessey Hall