Natural Resources, School of
Date of this Version
6-28-2023
Citation
R. Mayes et al. Convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in quantitative biology. Quantitative Plant Biology, 4:e8, 1–8 https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/qpb.2023.8
Abstract
The United States National Science and Technology Council has made a call for improving STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education at the convergence of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The National Science Foundation (NSF) views convergence as the merging of ideas, approaches, and technologies from widely diverse fields of knowledge to stimulate innovation and discovery. Teaching convergency requires moving to the transdisciplinary level of integration where there is deep integration of skills, disciplines, and knowledge to solve a challenging real-world problem. Here we present a summary on convergence and transdisciplinary teaching. We then provide examples of convergence and transdisciplinary teaching in plant biology, and conclude by discussing limitations to contemporary conceptions of convergency and transdisciplinary STEM.
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Comments
Open access.