Science Instruction Through the Visual Arts in Special Collections

Brown, Amanda H.; Losoff, Barbara; Hollis, Deborah R.

doi:10.1353/pla.2014.0002

Cited by 14 publications

(5 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Other recent examples of undergraduate student engagement with archives further break away from the perception that these experiences are only useful for traditional history or related humanities courses. In one case, the students of a Microbial Genetics and Physiology course worked with an archivist to examine and analyze historical materials and rare books that documented the historical progress in understanding and documenting diseases (Brown, Losoff and Hollis, 2014). Other instructors have even devised ways to teach abstract mathematical principles and computer science through historical primary sources (Barnett, Lodder, Pengelley, Pivkina and Ranjan, 2008).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such training, further, is usually carried out with the aim of developing students' abilities to generate new HPS scholarship. However, recent pedagogical research (Sharron and Cotton 2011;Morgan and Yakel 2013;Brown, Losoff, and Hollis 2014;Beam and Schwier 2018;Gray 2020) has shown that archives can offer access to learning activities that combine (a) information literacy with (b) critical thinking while (c) placing students in unique settings that can raise the stakes of their engagement. Developing skills (a) and (b) is especially important for science students, and these are often the sorts of competencies that lead science students to seek out HPS instruction.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Better learning through history: using archival resources to teach healthcare ethics to science students

Bursten

Strandmark

2021

Euro Jnl Phil Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

While the use of archives is common as a research methodology in the history and philosophy of science (HPS), training in archival methods is more often encountered as part of graduatelevel training than in the undergraduate curriculum. Because many HPS instructors are likely to have encountered archival methods during their own research training, they are uniquely positioned to make effective pedagogical use of archives in classes comprised of undergraduate science students. Further, because doing this may require changing the way HPS instructors think about the aims and varieties of archival research, archivists themselves can be valuable resources in developing archives-based learning activities for science students in HPS classrooms. In this article, we describe an archives-based learning activity developed for a population of primarily pre-medical students in a healthcare ethics class and discuss the pedagogical benefits of this activity. This activity was developed via a collaboration between an HPS instructor (Bursten) and an education archivist (Strandmark). Our hope is that this discussion may serve both as a proof of concept for the use of archives-based learning activities as tools for teaching HPS to science students, and as an argument for the unique benefits that archival engagement can impart to science students.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Better learning through history: using archival resources to teach healthcare ethics to science students

Bursten

Strandmark

2021

Euro Jnl Phil Sci

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…45 ics) students in special collections and provide background information on this pedagogical approach. 46 Tresa Randall describes active learning projects she uses to teach dance history with primary sources. 47 Passoneau and Christian employ active learning techniques in their qualitative study on archival education and outreach to sororities and fraternities.…”

Section: Constructivist Learning Theory In Academic Libraries Archivmentioning

confidence: 99%

An Independent Study Course by an Academic Library Department: Teaching with the Gems of Special Collections

Silva

McIntosh

2019

RBM

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Special collections in academic libraries provide rich learning environments for student engagement. This article describes the introduction of an independent study course by an academic library department as a high-impact educational practice supporting undergraduate research. Under the supervision of the faculty archivist, the student in this study was challenged to discover and research “gems,” unusual or significant items, on a topic of her choosing. She selected three works related to James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, showcasing her research at the university’s Student Faculty Research Symposium and creating a library display as her final project. This case study explores background information and describes the course, its inception, and the student’s project. It includes a discussion of benefits and challenges, transferability, scalability, and the application of a constructivist approach to teaching and learning. Limitations and further research are also included in this study.

show abstract

“…Special collections stimulate active learning. Having special collections of visual material is relevant to student training in collections related to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) (Brown, Losoff, and Hollis 2014). Thus, it is an essential rights managements practice to provide access to special collections.…”

Section: Dataset Rights Management and Research Usesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Dataset Management as a Special Collection

Boté

2019

Collection Management

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Dataset Management as a Special Collection IntroductionUniversity libraries face numerous issues regarding access to special collections, including datasets.Dataset licensing varies considerably, such as in terms of copyright or creative commons. These are issues that must be resolved in the coming years. Indeed, at present, datasets are scattered across different places and, depending on the topic in question, licences and retrieval can be difficult. Moreover, given challenges of access and manipulation, the inclusion of datasets in special collections can become a daunting task. Datasets are included in special collections if they are specialised, pertain to the collection's content, have research values or are old legacy formats that add value to the university library. Finally, they offer the possibility of generating new data if reused with adequate technology. Special collections are characterised by their uniqueness, fragility, value, rarity and the difficulty of finding similar collections elsewhere. Typically, special collections were restricted to small portions of population, separated from the main library collection as a whole, and used for research or instruction (Tam 2017). Since the creation of the World Wide Web, libraries have used outreach projects to disseminate their special collections through their catalogues.A virtual collection can offer numerous benefits to researchers, solving problems such as accessibility or findability, and providing innovative means of researching, teaching and learning, according to the Special Collections Working Group established by Association of Research Libraries (ARL) (Prochaska 2009). Virtual catalogues have removed geographical distance barriers and opening hours, and have expanded research and access to rare materials (Doi 2015), as well as presenting hidden material that no longer exists in the library catalogue (Tam 2017). Such materials have become digitised, with hard copies available in the library in case of an information technology (IT) failure. Nevertheless, digital special collections have always raised significant questions, affected by politics, legal requirements and technological solutions (Prochaska 2009).A specific question arises when materials are not digitised but are instead digitally born and are to be included in special collections. In 2011, Goldman found that institutions had not created policies to protect digital materials and their properties (Goldman 2011). Garnett et al. also found that university libraries' special collection protection against disasters is under-researched (Garnett et al. 2018). In most cases, university libraries require IT support; special collections that are made available online must be treated carefully in order that the information presented is complete. Therefore, the very definition of a special digital collection becomes undefined, owing to the nature of digital material.The definition of a special collection with born-digital material differs from a collection of analogue materials. In fact, Procha...

show abstract

Science Instruction Through the Visual Arts in Special Collections

Cited by 14 publications

References 15 publications

Better learning through history: using archival resources to teach healthcare ethics to science students

Better learning through history: using archival resources to teach healthcare ethics to science students

An Independent Study Course by an Academic Library Department: Teaching with the Gems of Special Collections

Dataset Management as a Special Collection

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About