Citizens first! democracy, social responsibility and chemistry
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Citizens first! democracy, social responsibility and chemistry
(ACS symposium series, 1297)
American Chemical Society , Distributed in print by Oxford University Press, c2018
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Citizens first : democracy, social responsibility and chemistry
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Traditionally science has been strictly disciplined to march in a very restricted parade arena. The disciplinary walls are especially thick. Guards and billboards have been posted everywhere to maintain order by keeping unruly non-science subjects out and scientists, for the most part, in. The argument has been that the purity of science will be contaminated if mere human life and public issues seep into research studies, labs, and the everyday teaching of science.
The consequences of such a stance have harmed the teaching and learning in science and put the bulk of humanity and the planet earth at unnecessary risk. In a recent National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), 61% of seniors responded overall by saying they "often" or "very often" connected learning to societal problems or issues in their major. But the contrasts across majors were wildly different. For instance, 78% of seniors in social sciences majors reported connecting societal problems
or issues in their major. By contrast, for physical sciences, math, and computer science, only 38% of seniors responded affirmatively. Of the ten clustered majors in the NSSE question, the lowest rated three categories were all science disciplines.
AAC&U also just awarded twenty-four mini-grants to departments interested in beginning a dialogue about layering civic engagement and social responsibility across levels in the major. Twenty-five percent of the awardees were in science departments: a sign that more scientists have gone AWOL. That is good news for student learning, for scientific discoveries, for the health of the planet and its people, and for the civil society that seems to be dangerously unraveling in the U.S. and many
spots around the globe.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Citizens First! An Historical Perspective
1. Teaching Chemistry with Civic Engagement: Non-Science Majors Enjoy
Chemistry When They Learn by Doing Research that Provides Benefits to the Local Community
2. Value of Using STEM Professionals in the K-12 Classroom: Connecting Chemistry to the Real World
3. Introduction to Environmental Issues as a Chemistry for Non-Science Majors Course
4. Partnerships that Foster Civic Engagement in Undergraduate Science
Education and Research: Assessment of an Urban Zoo
5. Developing Sustainable Pollinator Gardens for Habitat and Education
6. Connecting Chemistry to Community with Deliberative Democracy
7. Crossing Boundaries: Teaching Chemistry for Prisoners and Non-Majors
8. Incorporating Intercultural and Global Competencies into Higher Education STEM Programming
9. Communicating Your Research to the Public: A Trip to the Mall
10. Assessing Citizenship: Questioning Our Goals
Editors' Biographies
Author Index
Subject Index
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