How Is Science Being Taught? Measuring Evidence-Based Teaching Practices across Undergraduate Science Departments.

ABSTRACT: While there is a wealth of research evidencing the benefits of active-learning approaches, the extent to which these teaching practices are adopted in the sciences is not well known. The aim of this study is to establish an evidential baseline of teaching practices across a bachelor of science degree program at a large research-intensive Australian university. Our purpose is to contribute to knowledge on the adoption levels of evidence-based teaching practices by faculty within a science degree program and inform our science curriculum review in practical terms. We used the Teaching Practices Inventory (TPI) to measure the use of evidence-based teaching approaches in 129 courses (units of study) across 13 departments. We compared the results with those from a Canadian institution to identi

SUBMITTER: Drinkwater MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332044 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature