[net-gold] Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research Universities
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- Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:48:46 -0500 (EST)
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Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 08:04:14 -0800
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Subject: [Net-Gold] Changing the Culture of Science Education at Research
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ABSTRACT: Those concerned with the effectiveness
of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
(STEM) education might be interested in a recent
Opinion Piece <http://bit.ly/eSLoCl> in "Science"
titled "Changing the Culture of Science
Education at Research Universities" Anderson et
al. (2011).
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"Science News" <http://bit.ly/eJYce5> reported
(paraphrasing): "The reward systems at
universities heavily favor science, math, and
engineering research at the expense of teaching,
which can and must change. That's the conclusion
of UC Irvine biology professor Diane K. O'Dowd
and research professors at Harvard, Yale, MIT,
and elsewhere."
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According to "Harvard Magazine
"<http://bit.ly/frK2Ot> (paraphrasing): "The
first recommendation of Anderson et al. is
'Educate faculty about research on learning.'
'No scientist would engage in research without
exploring previous work in the field, yet few
university educators read education research.
Universities can demonstrate that they value
teaching by treating it as a scholarly
activity?predicated on?education theory, tested
practices, and methods to assess learning.' "
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Those concerned with the effectiveness of
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
education might be interested in a recent Opinion
Piece in Science titled "Changing the Culture of
Science Education at Research Universities"
Anderson et al. (2011), who are all research
biologists and Howard Hughes Memorial Institute
Fellows.
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That report has received considerable attention,
judging from the fact that a Google
<http://www.google.com> search for the article,
yielded 6,870 hits at <http://bit.ly/ieI46W> on
04 March 2011 07:15-0800.
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"Science News" (2011) reported: "The reward
systems at universities heavily favor science,
math, and engineering research at the expense of
teaching, which can and must change. That's the
conclusion of UC Irvine biology professor Diane
K. O'Dowd and research professors at Harvard
University, Yale University, the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, and elsewhere."
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According to "Harvard Magazine" (2011) [bracketed
by lines "HM-HM-HM-HM-. . . . ."; my insert at ".
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In "Changing the Culture of Science Education at
Research Universities" (Science, January 14),
[Richard] Losick. . . .
.[[<http://bit.ly/fBaHzk>]]. . . . and fellow
HHMI professors . . .
.[[<http://bit.ly/alXrgy>]]. . . . wrote about
overcoming the valorization of research at the
expense of teaching. They noted the common use of
the derogatory term "teaching load," and the
recognition and rewards associated with research
breakthroughs versus the relative neglect of
distinguished teaching. "Educate faculty about
research on learning," was their first
recommendation. "No scientist would engage in
research without exploring previous work in the
field, yet few university educators read
education research. Universities can demonstrate
that they value teaching by treating it as a
scholarly activity?predicated on?education
theory, tested practices, and methods to assess
learning."
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Richard Hake, Emeritus Professor of Physics, Indiana University
Honorary Member, Curmudgeon Lodge of Deventer, The Netherlands
President, PEdants for Definitive Academic References which Recognize the
Invention of the Internet (PEDARRII)
<rrhake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake>
<http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~sdi>
<http://HakesEdStuff.blogspot.com>
<http://iub.academia.edu/RichardHake>
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REFERENCES [All URL's shortened by
<http://bit.ly/> and accessed on 04 March 2011]
Anderson, W.A., U. Banerjee, C.L. Drennan,
S.C.R. Elgin, I.R. Epstein, J. Handelsman, G.F.
Hatfull, R. Losick, D.K. O'Dowd, B.M. Olivera,
S.A. Strobel, G.C. Walker, I.M. Warner. 2011.
"Changing the Culture of Science Education at
Research Universities," Science, 14 January:
331(6014): 152-153; online as a 172 kB pdf at
<http://bit.ly/eSLoCl>; supporting online
references suggested by R.R. Hake are at
<http://bit.ly/g24Iqm>.
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Harvard Magazine. 2011. "Tackling Teaching and
Learning," online at <http://bit.ly/frK2Ot>.
Scroll about half-way down from the top to see
the quote bracketed above by lines "HM-HM-HM-HM.
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Science News. 2011. "Academics Urge Universities
to Change Culture to Value Teaching as Highly as
Research," online at <http://bit.ly/eJYce5>.
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