Presented and produced by Seán Delaney
Theme tune by David Vesey
On this week's programme I bring you the second part of my interview with Professor Barbara Schneider from Michigan State University. Among the topics discussed this week are the following:
- The need to review the Irish science curriculum in line with other countries
- How can a curriculum value both knowing and doing, especially doing
- Her upcoming book titled, Learning Science (2020)
- The role of family and school in aligning one’s education with one’s career choice (“aligned ambitions”) and how this led to the “College Ambition Program.”
- Enhancing one’s career prospects with a “dual degree”
- Educational outcomes v occupational outcomes
- Fluidity of careers and implications for developing curriculum materials
- How media influence career choices
- Career paths of females
- A typical working day for her
- What schools are for
- Two books she regularly returns to are Foundations of Social Theory and Flow
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