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Title: Increasing Social Relevance to Increase Inclusion in First-Year Seminars
Research has shown that making STEM socially relevant can attract more diverse students to STEM fields. Learn to utilize the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals to center socially relevant goals in first-year seminars, as we did when constructing STEM linked-course learning communities. The seminars were designed to foster a communal view of science and mathematics, both in terms of the importance of collaboration to STEM success and the application of STEM to real-world problems. Course structures and sample materials will be shared as inspiration. Conversations will focus on helping visitors increase the social relevance of their own courses or curricula.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2020765
PAR ID:
10541431
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
AAC&U
Date Published:
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
General Education, Pedagogy, and Assessment conference of the Association of American Colleges & Universities, Providence, RI
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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