How STEM Can Gain Some STEAM: Crafting Meaningful Collaborations between STEM Disciplines and Inquiry-Based Writing Programs
Session Format
Presentation Session (20 minutes)
Location
Room 2903
Abstract for the conference program
This presentation details our efforts as English faculty to contribute meaningfully to the University of West Georgia’s STEM movement. In response to high DFW rates for STEM majors and problematic issues identified in student writing by science faculty, the presenters are directing a group of English faculty piloting twenty STEM to STEAM first year writing sections (ENGL 1101/1102) this academic year via a Complete College Georgia Grant. This initiative, which will grow to 32 sections by AY 2016/17, provides incoming STEM majors with useful, engaging FYW courses that emphasize the interests and skills of this unique student group, while preparing them for writing across a variety of disciplines. Drawing on our experiences with this pilot to date, the presenters will detail the guiding principles in developing a consistent STEM-focused FYW curricula in an effort to facilitate more collaboration between English departments and STEM programs at other USG institutions.
Proposal Track
Non-research Project
Start Date
3-6-2015 11:15 AM
End Date
3-6-2015 11:35 AM
Recommended Citation
Harrison, Rebecca L. and Parks, Brooke, "How STEM Can Gain Some STEAM: Crafting Meaningful Collaborations between STEM Disciplines and Inquiry-Based Writing Programs" (2015). Interdisciplinary STEM Teaching & Learning Conference (2012-2019). 23.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/stem/2015/2015/23
How STEM Can Gain Some STEAM: Crafting Meaningful Collaborations between STEM Disciplines and Inquiry-Based Writing Programs
Room 2903
This presentation details our efforts as English faculty to contribute meaningfully to the University of West Georgia’s STEM movement. In response to high DFW rates for STEM majors and problematic issues identified in student writing by science faculty, the presenters are directing a group of English faculty piloting twenty STEM to STEAM first year writing sections (ENGL 1101/1102) this academic year via a Complete College Georgia Grant. This initiative, which will grow to 32 sections by AY 2016/17, provides incoming STEM majors with useful, engaging FYW courses that emphasize the interests and skills of this unique student group, while preparing them for writing across a variety of disciplines. Drawing on our experiences with this pilot to date, the presenters will detail the guiding principles in developing a consistent STEM-focused FYW curricula in an effort to facilitate more collaboration between English departments and STEM programs at other USG institutions.
