Dr. John Asher Johnson, Astronomy Professor at Harvard University, will lead a seminar on “Recreating the Culture of Science in the Classroom.”
Description: How can you design a science course in which all students feel like they belong and that they have the capacity to succeed? How can you integrate a strong sense of ethics and accountability into your courses? How can you make your teaching both intentional and explicit? In an ideal world, science would be all of these things: communal, ethical, and transparent. Professor John Johnson will describe his approach to creating a positive culture of science in his introductory astronomy courses - which are centered around small group problem-solving activities - and the impact this has had on increasing diversity in the astronomy concentration.
Links
[1] https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/STEMinar-Series
[2] https://yale.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=ebd644cd-024d-4a9d-9d8d-a87e015d4faf
[3] https://poorvucenter.yale.edu/sites/default/files/basic-page-supplementary-materials-files/stem_education_-_johnson_-_final.pdf
[4] https://ctl.yale.edu/people/jeremy-bradford
[5] mailto:jeremy.bradford@yale.edu