Innovative Strategies for Teaching in the Plant Sciences

Carrying Plant Knowledge Forward in the USA.- Lessons Learned in Development of an Interdisciplinary Science Curriculum Support Organization.- The Contribution of Ethnobiology to Teaching Plant Sciences: Student and Faculty Perspectives.- From Learning to Teaching: Bridging Students' Experience and Teachers' Expectations.- Research-Based Learning.- Aligning Plant Identification Curricula to Disciplinary Standards Through the Framework of Student-Centered Learning.- Cultivation of Local Botanical Knowledge or Knowledge of Nature Using Interdisciplinary, Innovative and Mind/Brain-Based Techniques.- "What's That Called?" Folk Taxonomy and Connecting Students to the Human-Nature Interface.- Learning from the Land: Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into the Plant Sciences.- Pedagogy and Botany of the Columbian Biological Exchange: The 1491 Meal.- Teaching Plant Science in School and Community Settings.- Using Community Resources for Ethnobotany Courses.- Learning in Paradise: The Role of Botanic Gardens in University Education.- Teaching Ethnobotany Through Field Research: A Case Study Integrating Conservation with Tibetan Traditional Ecological Knowledge.- Excursions in Teaching Plant Science Through the Local Ethnobotany of the Food-Medicine Continuum: Field Trips to Traditional Specialty Food Market.- Ecosystem Excitement: Using Everyday Items, Projects, Field Trips and Exotic Images to Connect Students to Plants.- Teaching Ethnobiology Online at a Canadian Distance Learning University.- Linking Student Skill-Building with Public Outreach and Education.

Cassandra L. Quave, PhD

Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Center for the Study of Human Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.