{"id":16,"date":"2014-05-21T18:12:03","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T18:12:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-03-26T09:07:59","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T15:07:59","slug":"16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.unt.edu\/scienceretentionlibrarian\/2014\/05\/21\/16\/","title":{"rendered":"Science through Storytelling?"},"content":{"rendered":"Amy Leask, guest blogger on <\/span>Recruiting Women Technoblog<\/span><\/a>, makes a convincing argument in \u201c<\/span>STEM, Girls and the Importance of Storytelling<\/span><\/a>,\u201d to engage young women in STEM by using storytelling. She\u2019s not talking about storytelling around the campfire, but giving a social context to STEM facts and theories. She encourages educators to share with students the stories of the individuals who made significant discoveries in science and the social impact of science over history. Educators can also make science more engaging by facilitating discussions of current social issues involving science, and letting students explore science through role-playing, digital media, and science fiction.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nI have mentioned in this blog before the major 1997 study, <\/span>Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences<\/span><\/em><\/a>, by Elaine Seymour and Nancy M. Hewitt. After interviewing 460 STEM undergraduates at 7 colleges and universities, the researchers discovered the main factor in a student\u2019s decision to switch out of a STEM major was \u201clack of\/loss of interest in SME [science, mathematics, and engineering]: \u2018turned off by science\u2019\u201d followed by \u201cnon-SME major offers better education\/more interest\u201d (p.33). In interviews, female and male students<\/strong> explained how dull the bare presentation of facts and problems was in their lecture courses. They wanted more of \u201cthe big picture\u201d surrounding scientific knowledge, and many eventually switched to social sciences or humanities majors where they found educators who used social context in their pedagogy.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nAre there ways academic librarians could enable STEM faculty to do more storytelling?<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nPhoto attribution:\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Art at the library: \u201cOnce upon a Time<\/span><\/a>,\u201d by <\/span>John K<\/span><\/a>, 2009. The image has not been modified. <\/span>Some rights are reserved<\/span><\/a> by a Creative Commons license.<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amy Leask, guest blogger on Recruiting Women Technoblog, makes a convincing argument in \u201cSTEM, Girls and the Importance of Storytelling,\u201d to engage young women in STEM by using storytelling. She\u2019s not talking about storytelling around the campfire, but giving a social context to STEM facts and theories. 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