SENCER: A Civically Engaged Community of Teachers and Learners
Presentation Format
Individual Presentation
Intended Audience
All Audiences
Presentation Description
SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) applies the science of learning to the learning of science, all to expand civic capacity. SENCER courses and programs connect science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content to critical local, national, and global challenges. Students and faculty report that the SENCER approach makes science more real, accessible, “useful” and civically important.
SENCER improves science education by focusing on real world problems and, by so doing, extends the impact of this learning across the curriculum to the broader community and society. We do this by developing faculty expertise in teaching “to” basic, canonical science and mathematics “through” complex, capacious, often unsolved problems of civic consequence. Using materials, assessment instruments, and research developed in the 14-year old NSF-funded SENCER project, faculty design curricular projects that connect science learning to real-world challenges.
In this overview presentation, we will introduce SENCER: models, classes, and other resources. We will try to convey the sense of community that is part of SENCER meetings: a community of educators working to improve STEM education to create scientists and science-literate citizens.
Location
Room - 212
Start Date
4-14-2016 3:15 PM
End Date
4-14-2016 4:30 PM
Recommended Citation
Reiser, Susan and Katz, Ed, "SENCER: A Civically Engaged Community of Teachers and Learners" (2016). Gulf South Summit on Service-Learning 2016. 73.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gss/2016/2016/73
SENCER: A Civically Engaged Community of Teachers and Learners
Room - 212
SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) applies the science of learning to the learning of science, all to expand civic capacity. SENCER courses and programs connect science, technology, engineering, and mathematics content to critical local, national, and global challenges. Students and faculty report that the SENCER approach makes science more real, accessible, “useful” and civically important.
SENCER improves science education by focusing on real world problems and, by so doing, extends the impact of this learning across the curriculum to the broader community and society. We do this by developing faculty expertise in teaching “to” basic, canonical science and mathematics “through” complex, capacious, often unsolved problems of civic consequence. Using materials, assessment instruments, and research developed in the 14-year old NSF-funded SENCER project, faculty design curricular projects that connect science learning to real-world challenges.
In this overview presentation, we will introduce SENCER: models, classes, and other resources. We will try to convey the sense of community that is part of SENCER meetings: a community of educators working to improve STEM education to create scientists and science-literate citizens.
Program Abstract
SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) is a community of teachers and learners committed to improving science education. SENCER courses and programs connect STEM content to critical local, national, and global challenges. Learn more about the 14-year old NSF-funded SENCER, including the rich – but free --repository of resources for teachers, and hear about the variety of SENCER'ized courses ranging from the single starter course to an inspiring, life-changing, international program.