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Improving How Universities Teach Science

Lessons from the Science Education Initiative

Carl Wieman

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$38.00 • £30.95 • €34.00

ISBN 9780674972070

Publication Date: 05/22/2017

288 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

6 charts, 10 tables

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Introduction
1. The Vision
2. The SEI Model for Achieving Change
3. The Process of Making Change
4. Science Education Specialists: Agents of Change
5. What Was Achieved and What We Learned
6. The Post-Mortem: What Worked, What Didn’t, and Why
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
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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On KQED’s Forum, listen to Carl Wieman outline the shortcomings of the college lecture and the benefits of “active-learning”
Read more about the best methods for teaching science and how Wieman arrived at them at Inside Higher Ed
Visit web pages for the Science Education Initiative at the University of Colorado and the University of British Columbia

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