Transformation Is Possible If a University Really Cares

摘要

The way that most research universities across North America teach science to undergraduates is worse than ineffective, says Carl Wieman. It's unscientific. A Nobel Prize-winning physicist turned science educator, Wieman doesn't understand why institutions of higher education would disregard decades of research showing the superiority of student-centered, active learning over the traditional 50-minute lecture. Using that outdated approach, he says, means universities are squandering talent at a time when U.S.