JoinPoint of View: Planting the Seeds—The Influence of College Science Teaching on the Generation of Science Teachers
Most undergraduate science students will likely not become science professors, much less people of science (Fox 1998; Tobias 1992). However, some may become K—12 science teachers. Are we, as science professors, providing lessons for them toward their future teaching? What examples are we setting for them? If the goal of undergraduate science education is to create new generations in our image, perhaps we need to ponder more about what that image should be. Whatever teaching methods we use, the value depends on our pedagogical consciousness.