Co-teaching Botany and History

An Interdisciplinary Model for a More Inclusive Curriculum

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ID3290561
AutoresFrederica Bowcutt (0000-0001-7428-8041, The Evergreen State College), Tamara Caulkins (Central Washington University)
Ano2020
Volume111
Fascículo3
Páginas614-622
Data de publicação2020-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoIsis (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0021-1753 • E-ISSN: 1545-6994
EditoraUniversity of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1086/711071
OpenAlexW3085185420
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas11

This essay offers numerous ideas on how to integrate science and history into classroom pedagogy in a way that acknowledges the contributions of women and other groups underrepresented in science by highlighting the cultural and political contexts in which science developed rather than by adding token individuals to a history of science still largely defined by the achievements of a few great men. It details how students in a General Education class co-taught by a botanist and a historian of science at the Evergreen State College not only gained skills in field botany and vegetation analysis but also became more informed about how modern scientific disciplines took shape. Recognizing that race, class, and gender have played a role in how science developed, the students' understanding of the complicated legacy of scientific inquiry gave them tools to be more rigorous in their thinking about scientific practice. This interdisciplinary approach, so crucial in fostering inclusivity in scientific disciplines, also promoted a deeper engagement with historical inquiry

Class (philosophy · Curriculum · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · History of science · Mathematics education · Pedagogy · Science education · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Historical Education Studies Worldwide · Historical Studies in Science · History of Science and Natural History · Philosophy · Psychology

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