Deliberative Pedagogy in a Nonmajors Biology Course: Active Learning That Promotes Student Engagement With Science Policy and Research

by: Lisa H. Weasel and Liza Finkel

Deliberative democracy, a consensus model of decision making, has been used in real-life policy making involving controversial, science-related issues to increase citizen participation and engagement. Here, we describe a pedagogical approach based on this model implemented in a large, lecture-based, nonmajors introductory biology course at an urban public university.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 3/1/2016Stock # jcst16_045_04_38Volume 045Issue 04

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