Abstract
Guest lecturing is an underutilized teaching strategy that provides depth and richness in college-level chemistry courses. The authors have found that studentcentred guest lecturing that combines themed guest presentations, hands-on workshops (whenever possible) and small group conversations has yielded tremendous benefits. As a result, students have developed a lasting interest in chemical crystallography and have employed advanced experiments in their own research. The authors report on their experience in planning student-centred guest lecturing, advise on best practices, and demonstrate the long lasting positive impact on student learning and engagement.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 909-914 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Applied Crystallography |
Volume | 51 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 11 2018 |
Funding
Funding for this research was provided by Robert B. Woodward Lectures in the Chemical Sciences; Divisions of Chemistry (CHE) and Materials Research (DMR), National Science Foundation (grant No. NSF/CHE-1346572); US DOE (contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357); US DOE (contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725).
Funders | Funder number |
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Divisions of Chemistry | |
Materials Research | |
National Science Foundation | NSF/CHE-1346572 |
U.S. Department of Energy | DE-AC02-06CH11357 |
Division of Materials Research |
Keywords
- Advanced crystallography
- Collaborative learning
- Cooperative learning
- Graduate education
- Graduate research
- Guest speakers