Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Carrying Plant Knowledge Forward in the USA....Pages 3-20
Lessons Learned in Development of an Interdisciplinary Science Curriculum Support Organization....Pages 21-31
The Contribution of Ethnobiology to Teaching Plant Sciences: Student and Faculty Perspectives....Pages 33-45
From Learning to Teaching: Bridging Students’ Experience and Teachers’ Expectations....Pages 47-58
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Research-Based Learning....Pages 61-82
Aligning Plant Identification Curricula to Disciplinary Standards Through the Framework of Student-Centered Learning....Pages 83-100
Cultivation of Local Botanical Knowledge or Knowledge of Nature Using Interdisciplinary, Innovative, and Mind/Brain-Based Techniques....Pages 101-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
“What’s That Called?” Folk Taxonomy and Connecting Students to the Human-Nature Interface....Pages 121-134
Learning from the Land: Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into the Plant Sciences....Pages 135-154
Pedagogy and Botany of the Columbian Biological Exchange: The 1491 Meal....Pages 155-160
Teaching Plant Science in School and Community Settings....Pages 161-185
Using Community Resources for Ethnobotany Courses....Pages 187-209
Front Matter....Pages 211-211
Learning in Paradise: The Role of Botanic Gardens in University Education....Pages 213-229
Teaching Ethnobotany Through Field Research: A Case Study Integrating Conservation with Tibetan Traditional Ecological Knowledge....Pages 231-243
Excursions in Teaching Plant Science Through the Local Ethnobotany of the Food–Medicine Continuum: Field Trips to Traditional Specialty Food Markets....Pages 245-259
Ecosystem Excitement: Using Everyday Items, Projects, Field Trips, and Exotic Images to Connect Students to Plants....Pages 261-273
Front Matter....Pages 275-275
Teaching Ethnobiology Online at a Canadian Distance Learning University....Pages 277-289
Linking Student Skill Building with Public Outreach and Education....Pages 291-308
Back Matter....Pages 309-312