Professional Development: Past, Present, and Future
Professional development should be a part of any and every career. As a former faculty member, faculty development, whether in teaching or scholarship was part of that life. As a scientist, attending scientific meetings, presenting papers at the same, participating in various topic workshops was a part of not only professional development, but also about …
Some Thoughts on Science and the Arts
Why add the A to STEM for STEAM education? It is anecdotal, but I seem to recall artistic hobbies among my scientific colleagues. This article from Scientific American confirms my personal observations. This is not a new idea. Students in an honors college project actually researched the hobbies of prominent scientists (Root-Bernstein and others 2008). …