Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology
The United States National Science and Technology Council has made a call for improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education at the convergence of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The National Science Foundation (NSF) views convergence as the merging o...
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| description | The United States National Science and Technology Council has made a call for improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education at the convergence of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The National Science Foundation (NSF) views convergence as the merging of ideas, approaches, and technologies from widely diverse fields of knowledge to stimulate innovation and discovery. Teaching convergency requires moving to the transdisciplinary level of integration where there is deep integration of skills, disciplines, and knowledge to solve a challenging real-world problem. Here we present a summary on convergence and transdisciplinary teaching. We then provide examples of convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in plant biology, and conclude by discussing limitations to contemporary conceptions of convergency and transdisciplinary STEM. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-256e8050eb814bd9bea38549ccc3f5f82024-01-03T09:14:50ZengCambridge University PressQuantitative Plant Biology2632-88282023-01-01410.1017/qpb.2023.8Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biologyRobert Mayes0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2726-2409Joseph Dauer1David Owens2Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, United StatesUniversity of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USAGeorgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, United StatesThe United States National Science and Technology Council has made a call for improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education at the convergence of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The National Science Foundation (NSF) views convergence as the merging of ideas, approaches, and technologies from widely diverse fields of knowledge to stimulate innovation and discovery. Teaching convergency requires moving to the transdisciplinary level of integration where there is deep integration of skills, disciplines, and knowledge to solve a challenging real-world problem. Here we present a summary on convergence and transdisciplinary teaching. We then provide examples of convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in plant biology, and conclude by discussing limitations to contemporary conceptions of convergency and transdisciplinary STEM.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632882823000085/type/journal_articleconvergencetransdisciplinaryquantitative biology |
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| title | Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology |
| title_full | Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology |
| title_fullStr | Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology |
| title_full_unstemmed | Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology |
| title_short | Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology |
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| topic | convergence transdisciplinary quantitative biology |
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