Teaching Science In The Two Year College

Two-year colleges are critical to science educationOCOs futureOCoin fact, some data indicate that half of future science teachers will take their first years of science at a two-year school. To address the unique challenges of this special setting, presents 24 articles featuring the most useful and relevant insights and advice from NSTAOCOs Journal of College Science Teaching."

Focuses on the need to meet the economic and social needs of today's society while looking at America's colleges and universities. Identifies colleges' goals focusing primarily on two-year college programs. Includes: leadership activities in education and human resources; leveraged program support (instrumentation and laboratory improvement, undergraduate faculty enhancement, young scholars, alliances for minority participation, rural systemic initiatives, teacher enhancement, and much more). Charts and tables.

Higher education is a strange beast. Teaching is a critical skill for scientists in academia, yet one that is barely touched upon in their professional training—despite being a substantial part of their career. This book is a practical guide for anyone teaching STEM-related academic disciplines at the college level, from graduate students teaching lab sections and newly appointed faculty to well-seasoned professors in want of fresh ideas. Terry McGlynn’s straightforward, no-nonsense approach avoids off-putting pedagogical jargon and enables instructors to become true ambassadors for science. For years, McGlynn has been addressing the need for practical and accessible advice for college science teachers through his popular blog Small Pond Science. Now he has gathered this advice as an easy read—one that can be ingested and put to use on short deadline. Readers will learn about topics ranging from creating a syllabus and developing grading rubrics to mastering online teaching and ensuring safety during lab and fieldwork. The book also offers advice on cultivating productive relationships with students, teaching assistants, and colleagues.

This book encapsulates the vision of Singapore science educators to bring the local elements of the country to bear in the science curriculum. In experimenting with familiar materials used and consumed in our everyday lives, and applying scientific knowledge to analyse and provide explanations of the observed phenomena the editors and contributing authors hope to introduce culturally relevant science activities for enactment in the formal and informal science curriculum. This work is premised on the collective belief that learning science in culturally relevant ways underscores the importance of one's culture embodied with funds of knowledge to make the learning of science meaningful. They see this as a step toward achieving the broader and long-term goal of developing a scientifically literate citizenry. Contents:Red Dragon Fruit: Using Red Pigment Extracts from Pitayas as Natural Indicators (Teo Tang Wee)Delectable Blue! (Koh Bing Qin)Turmeric Spice as Natural Dye (Lin Jiansheng)Bubble Tea Toppings (Chew Shuhui Eunice and Ng Shi Han)Milk Tea = Teh-C and Teh (Ng Shi Han and Chew Shuhui Eunice)Coconut Water (Lim Shan Yan and Boo Michelle)No Durian on MRT! (Low Wei Chuan Matthias)Sodium Sulphite in Chicken Frank (Khoh Rong Lun)Biodegradable Tableware: Conserving Our Environment Through the Use of Materials from Renewable Resources (Tan Yong Leng Kelvin)Colour Matters! (Lim Jia Ying Jessica, Cho Wen Jing and Gan Ghim Kui)Teaching Kinematics Using Shuttle Run (Tang Chi Sin and Srinivasan Shyam) Readership: Students, professionals (especially science educators — teachers and academics) and general public who are interested in the relevance of science to their everyday lives and making connections between science learning and the cultural elements in Singapore. Key Features:This is an inaugural book that purposefully engages students in science learning by making connections to the cultural elements of SingaporeThrough doing culturally relevant science activities students see the relevance of science in their everyday livesThis book offers a platform for teachers to showcase their professional knowledgeKeywords:Culturally Relevant Science;Science Activities;Singapore Teachers