{"id":1276,"date":"2023-11-09T11:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T19:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/tlcommons\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2023-11-09T11:35:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T19:35:31","slug":"introducing-the-fsh-notebook-a-resource-for-stem-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.wordpress.kpu.ca\/tlcommons\/introducing-the-fsh-notebook-a-resource-for-stem-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the FSH Notebook \u2013 A resource for STEM education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Access the FSH notebook here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At KPU, our faculty and staff in the Faculty of Science and Horticulture play a critical role in the education and training of the next generation of scientists. The work of our students will no doubt be needed in the future to tackle some of the biggest challenges humanity has faced to date: food and water security, a growing climate crisis, and pandemics arising from unknown pathogens. However, data from Statistics Canada show that students switch out of STEM fields of study<\/a> (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) at more than twice the rate than students registered in non-STEM fields, and that student persistence in STEM fields<\/a> is lower than non-STEM fields. While persistence depends on a number of factors, including K-12 education, academic advising, and student engagement, one factor within the control of instructors is instructional approaches (Sithole et al., 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the projects I have been working on as the Educational Consultant for Teaching Excellence in FSH while supported by KPU\u2019s Teaching and Learning Commons is building a resource for different instructional approaches in STEM education. I would like to introduce you to The FSH Notebook<\/strong><\/a>, a collection of teaching and learning strategies used at KPU and beyond for STEM education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose \u201cThe FSH Notebook\u201d as the title for this resource, since a laboratory notebook is one of a scientist\u2019s most valuable tools. The notebook is a record of our work. It is the first draft of a scientist\u2019s contribution to collective knowledge, telling a story from an initial idea to experimental results, and concluding with the interpretation of the collected data. Such interpretation leads to more ideas, and the cycle begins again. The metaphor of the lab notebook is one that I believe applies equally to education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through this site, I hope to showcase some of the teaching innovations in our faculty, connect members of the faculty, and inspire your teaching practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The site has different levels of organization. At the highest level are the categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n