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The Future of Botany Teaching Cozza, John [1]. A Botany Doctoral Student’s Perspectives on the Future of Botany Teaching. Today’s botany students are the profession’s bridge to the future. Ways of improving instruction are always on their minds because they are continually experiencing today’s instruction. They are also constantly comparing it across professors, courses, and institutions --via direct experience and conversations with their peers. As a result, they have some unique, thoughtful, learner-based insights to offer--insights on what aspects of their program are most valuable for deepening their botanical understanding and improving their professional skill sets. As a current botany doctoral student at a research university, I wish to emphasize the importance of observing living plants in natural and managed settings, experiencing plant conservation work, making ethnobotanical connections, participating in community outreach projects, conducting inquiry-based research, and last but not least, mentoring graduate students effectively. Log in to add this item to your schedule
1 - The John C. Gifford Arboretum, Department of Biology, University of Miami, P.O. Box 249118, Coral Gables, FL, 33124
Keywords: graduate students community outreach ethnobotany inquiry-based research mentoring observing living plants Plant conservation.
Presentation Type: Symposium or Colloquium Presentation Session: S5 Location: 157/Law Date: Monday, July 28th, 2008 Time: 4:20 PM Number: S5007 Abstract ID:982 |