Poster on the UBC Science Education Initiative - 2009
Poster for the President's Campus Town Hall, September 2009
CWSEI
Using the insights of science to teach/learn science (Carl Wieman 2009 talk)
Science Education for the 21st Century - using the insights of science to teach and learn science (Carl Wieman, 2009)
The "Curse of Knowledge" or Why Intuition About Teaching Often Fails
APS News Back Page, November 2007 with references
BC Campus2020 Wieman think piece
Includes a discussion on how the development and utilization of information technology is also boosting the effectiveness and efficiency of science education.
STLF Role and STLF-Faculty Working Arrangement
Science Teaching and Learning Fellows are key players in course transformation and institutional change. The STLFs collaborate with individual faculty or small groups to implement course transformation, helping faculty increase their knowledge of teaching and learning research and supporting the introduction of evidence-based educational practices and measurements of learning. Three pages, giving major components of the role and representative examples; updated July 2017 to include 1 page on STLF-Faculty working arrangement.
STLF Reflections on their job
This 6-page document is a combination of documents created by STLFs, most of which were produced in STLF meetings: What is an STLF? (short summaries); STLF Tasks and Skills (lists); What do STLFs do, and how can they improve in these roles?; Advice from old STLFs to new STLF; Brett Gilley's thoughts on features that helped the EOAS Department's CWSEI program.
Course Transformation Expectations
A checklist for course transformation and sustainability developed by the UBC Earth and Ocean Sciences Department Science Education Initiative program (EOS-SEI).
Course transformation case study
A case study example of a transformation of University of Colorado Physics 2130 "Introduction to modern physics". This transformation was carried out by Carl Wieman, Kathy Perkins, and Sam McKagan.
Succeeding at Learning 101
Practical advice for learning more in university courses. A list of practices suggested for university students from faculty observation and from research on student learning (developed by the CWSEI).
Considering the Student Perspective: Factors that Undergraduates Perceive as Influential to their Academic Performance in Science
A 2-page summary based on research conducted by Ashley Welsh for her Master's Thesis (includes recommendations for students).
