Environmental Connections: Science, Technology, Society, and Education

跨学科(99)修订、实施和研究三门以环境为重点、在教学上创新的本科课程正在由来自科学、工程和教育系的教员团队承担。这些课程-一门生物学，一门工程学，一门地理-是科学和数学教育新辅修课程的一部分，也是加州大学范围内的CalTeach计划的核心，该计划旨在招聘STEM本科生，并为其成为中学科学和数学教师做好更好的准备。经过改造的课程突出了四个核心主题：可持续性与环境；跨越科学、技术、社会和教育的联系；以证据为基础的科学论证；以及在K-12教育中有效的创新教学战略。这些课程的共同目的是塑造未来科学教师的科学思想和教学实践-帮助培养一支将整体思维和批判性思维带入教师教育计划的本科生队伍。

Interdisciplinary (99) Revision, implementation, and research of three environmentally-focused, pedagogically innovative undergraduate courses are being undertaken by a team of faculty from departments in the sciences, engineering, and education. These courses - one in biology, one in engineering, and one in geography - are part of a new Minor in Science and Mathematics Education and central to CalTeach, a University of California-wide initiative to recruit and better prepare STEM undergraduates for careers as secondary science and mathematics teachers. The transformed courses highlight four core themes: sustainability and the environment; connections across science, technology, society, and education; evidence-based argumentation in science; and innovative pedagogical strategies effective in K-12 schooling. The courses' collective purpose is to shape the scientific ideas and pedagogical practices of prospective science teachers - to help create a cadre of undergraduate science students who bring both holistic and critical thinking to their teacher education programs.