Science education faces a grave challenge in our current social and political moment. In this “post-truth” era, the currency of empirical fact loses value to emotion and personal belief, and this growing social phenomenon is capitalized on and wielded by politicians and other influential people as a tool of propaganda. The internet spreads and monetizes
The fight over the American public-school curriculum is a decades old debate (Shelton, 1979). At issue is not only what should be taught, but who should regulate that curriculum. Whether control is at the national level, the state level, or at the individual district and school level, teachers are often left wondering what control, if any, they
Since the early 2000s, NAFSA: Association of International Educators, the national organization for Education Abroad (EA) professionals has promoted Curriculum Integration (CI) as a cross-campus imperative for American colleges and universities. Defined as “a variety of institutional approaches designed to fully integrate study abroad options into the college experience and academic curricula for students in
In higher education, calls for more engaging and socially impactful curriculum have steadily intensified over the decades. In response, a complement of curricular innovations has developed around social entrepreneurship, undergraduate research, and service learning—to name just a few. A fair amount of scholarly work and informal commentary have circulated about the definitions and features of
