EARLY HEARING DETECTION AND INTERVENTION VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
MARCH 2-5, 2021
(Virtually the same conference, without elevators, airplane tickets, or hotel room keys)
5/24/2018 | 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM | FRESHWATER SCIENCE AS A COURSE OPTION FOR NONSCIENCE MAJORS | 320
FRESHWATER SCIENCE AS A COURSE OPTION FOR NONSCIENCE MAJORS
Most higher education institutions are incorporating science courses as a curriculum requirement for nonscience degrees. The purpose of these courses is to provide nonmajors with an opportunity to learn, practice, and improve scientific inquiry, research, data management, and critical thinking. Some challenges that instructors offering these courses may find are: lack of interest from the students, and the perspective that science is a difficult subject. These challenges are more common in biological sciences courses since the majority of topics build upon previous courses or require certain degree of background knowledge. Here I present personal experiences and suggestions from teaching two semesters of freshwater science as a nonmajors course at the college level. Nonbiology majors find freshwater concepts and issues more relatable to their personal lives. By using a conservation focus with a multidisciplinary approach, students can see the connections and relevance between the concepts covered in the course and their own field of study. At the same time, we are preparing our future generations to have a basic knowledge and understanding of freshwater issues.
- Communication
- Outreach
- Humanities
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PJ Torres
(), Queens University, torresp@queens.edu;
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