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Article: Building civic engagement capacity: an introductory chemistry example.(PERSPECTIVES)
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- Liberal Education
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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WHAT ARE THE EXPECTATIONS for me, as a chemistry professor at a public, research-intensive university, to "do a good job" within the teaching component of my faculty line? Am I doing a good job if my students satisfactorily master chemical principles and problem-solving techniques according to the department's overall curriculum plan? That's a start. And it would be dandy if I could weave some of my current research into the course, right? Maybe I could even get some students to consider a major in chemistry! Striving to meet such criteria, I would certainly not be indicted by my colleagues for neglect of duties. But everything I've listed so far is a parochial list of ...
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