Science Education in the 21st Century

Science Education in the 21st Century: Using the Tools of Science to Teach Science

Nobel Laureate Dr. Carl Wieman directs the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia and the Colorado Science Education Initiative.




(Sep 22, 2008 at Cornell University)

Wieman emphasizes the importance of making science education effective and relevant for a large and diverse population. The approach, he says, is to transform how students understand and use science, and this calls for teaching them to actually think like scientists.

Sponsored by Cornell's Center for Teaching Excellence.

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[TearyEyesAnderson]

His talk is rather vague at the beginning but it gets much more interesting at the questions. Have they ever tried to fill out questionnaires before the lectures to find out what the people are most curious about? It seems like that would help the most so the lecturer could make sure to get to those points in the discussion. I also think examples should be shown in lectures such as the still images or substitution experiments.