In order to prepare students as future professionals, reforming science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education has been demanded by education committees and government bodies alike. To become successful and effective scientists, medical professionals, or engineers, students must be skilled in science application, peer collaboration, science-based critical thinking, and effective communication. As misinformation spreads quickly and resistance to scientific knowledge thrives, the future of science depends on preparing students to overcome this opposition. In order to foster these skills, we used the Deliberative Democracy (DD) active-learning model. Each module focuses on a socially relevant and sometimes controversial scientific problem (e.g. climate change), tasking students to collaborate with their peers to identify the scientific issues, building physics models, researching & deliberating solutions through policies and regulations, and effectively communicating these in a written report. We will walk through the development process and share early results from this project in this talk.

Using Deliberative Democracy to Develop Scientific Skills through Group Collaboration

Cass Croft

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