Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences - Quave, Cassandra L.; SpringerLink (Online service) (New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014)
Carrying Plant Knowledge Forward in the USA -- Lessons Learned in Development of an Interdisciplinary Science Curriculum Support Organization -- The Contribution of Ethnobiology to Teaching Plant Sciences: Student and Faculty Perspectives -- From Learning to Teaching: Bridging Students' Experience and Teachers' Expectations -- Research-Based Learning -- Aligning Plant Identification Curricula to Disciplinary Standards Through the Framework of Student-Centered Learning -- Cultivation of Local Botanical Knowledge or Knowledge of Nature Using Interdisciplinary, Innovative and Mind/Brain-Based Techniques -- "What's That Called?" Folk Taxonomy and Connecting Students to the Human-Nature Interface -- Learning from the Land: Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into the Plant Sciences -- Pedagogy and Botany of the Columbian Biological Exchange: The 1491 Meal -- Teaching Plant Science in School and Community Settings -- Using Community Resources for Ethnobotany Courses -- Learning in Paradise: The Role of Botanic Gardens in University Education -- Teaching Ethnobotany Through Field Research: A Case Study Integrating Conservation with Tibetan Traditional Ecological Knowledge -- Excursions in Teaching Plant Science Through the Local Ethnobotany of the Food-Medicine Continuum: Field Trips to Traditional Specialty Food Market -- Ecosystem Excitement: Using Everyday Items, Projects, Field Trips and Exotic Images to Connect Students to Plants -- Teaching Ethnobiology Online at a Canadian Distance Learning University -- Linking Student Skill-Building with Public Outreach and Education.
Keywords: Plant science; Botany; Science education; Teaching; Plant systematics; Plant taxonomy; Biodiversity; Systems biology; Plant Sciences; Science Education; Teaching and Teacher Education; Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.; Biodiversity; Systems Biology