Programme 366, Teaching Science, Going to College & More (15-5-19)

 Presented and produced by Seán Delaney

Theme tune by David Vesey

On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Barbara Schneider from Michigan State University. Among the topics discussed this week are the following:

• The need to review the Irish science curriculum in line with other countries


• How can a curriculum value both knowing and doing, especially doing


• Her upcoming book titled, Learning Science (2020)


• The role of family and school in aligning one’s education with one’s career choice (“aligned ambitions”) and how this led to the “College Ambition Program.”


• Enhancing one’s career prospects with a “dual degree”


• Educational outcomes v occupational outcomes


• Fluidity of careers and implications for developing curriculum materials


• How media influence career choices


• Career paths of females


• A typical working day for her


• What schools are for


• Two books she regularly returns to are Foundations of Social Theory and Flow