Current and Emerging Issues in These are topics

Current and Emerging Issues in… These are topics for YOU to use in YOUR classroom for case studies or controversies! Chemistry? Zoology? Limnology? Civil Engineering? Chemical Engineering? Plant Biology? Computer Science? Physics? Astronomy? Mechanical Engineering?

Problem Identification- What shows up on your desk? What will you need to know— Identify goals & objectives for learning Evaluation—What was learned? Apply the info. to the problem or take mgt. actions Collect the necessary information Learn the information Problem-based learning (modified from Woods 1994 and Smith 1995) or the “Desk of a Working STEM Professional”.

Start Class Define or tell students what they need to learn Provide students with an example of how to “use” the information Teach material “Why do I need to learn this? !” Students “learn” information Subject-based learning – how teaching commonly occurs in the classroom.

A Controversy -general controversy description given to all stakeholders -detailed/specific information available from respective stakeholders -stakeholders collect, analyze data; make requests from others -must share information, develop positions-w/in stakeholder grps; multidisciplinary grps. A Decision Case -entire case presented to all students -present interpretive questions to class to solicit discussion about issues and/or concepts that need to be discussed, learned -instructor provides additional information or student groups conduct research -case revisited to evaluate the problem w/ class