Teaching STEM for Social Impact
02/28/19 • 38 min
Erik Helgren and Karina Garbesi share about teaching STEM for social impact on episode 246 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Everybody has this hidden desire to want to do something meaningful in the world.
—Karina Garbesi
People want to help you when you’re doing something for somebody else.
—Karina Garbesi
Follow your passions.
—Erik Helgren
Resources Mentioned
- We Care Solar
- Derek Bruff on Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 71
- A Time for Telling, by Daniel L. Schwartz and John D. Bransford
- Energy Sticks
- YouTube video on the Social Impact Solar Program’s Hoopa Native American Solar Suitcase Workshop, Summer 2018
- YouTube video interviewing Helgren and Garbesi after the first pilot year in 2015-16
- The True Cost
- We Share Solar Program
- Transformative sustainability learning: a united pedagogy of head, hands and heart
- Sunrise Movement
Articles on the Social Impact Solar Program:
- Dossetti, Krista, Light After Dark, East Bay Today, Article, September 1, 2016.
- Bloom, Jonathan, Hayward students ‘invention’ will help power schools in Africa, ABC 7 news article and video: February 10, 2017.
- Fuelner, Natalie, Rising in the East, East Bay Today, Article, pg. 28 – 33, Fall 2016.
- Moriki, Darin, Hayward: Lighting up the night one solar suitcase at a time, Mercury News, Feb 24, 2017.
- Fuelner, Natalie, Solar Warriors: Cal State East Bay Solar Suitcase Program partners with Native American tribes, organizations nationwide, East Bay Today.
Erik Helgren and Karina Garbesi share about teaching STEM for social impact on episode 246 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
Everybody has this hidden desire to want to do something meaningful in the world.
—Karina Garbesi
People want to help you when you’re doing something for somebody else.
—Karina Garbesi
Follow your passions.
—Erik Helgren
Resources Mentioned
- We Care Solar
- Derek Bruff on Teaching in Higher Ed Episode 71
- A Time for Telling, by Daniel L. Schwartz and John D. Bransford
- Energy Sticks
- YouTube video on the Social Impact Solar Program’s Hoopa Native American Solar Suitcase Workshop, Summer 2018
- YouTube video interviewing Helgren and Garbesi after the first pilot year in 2015-16
- The True Cost
- We Share Solar Program
- Transformative sustainability learning: a united pedagogy of head, hands and heart
- Sunrise Movement
Articles on the Social Impact Solar Program:
- Dossetti, Krista, Light After Dark, East Bay Today, Article, September 1, 2016.
- Bloom, Jonathan, Hayward students ‘invention’ will help power schools in Africa, ABC 7 news article and video: February 10, 2017.
- Fuelner, Natalie, Rising in the East, East Bay Today, Article, pg. 28 – 33, Fall 2016.
- Moriki, Darin, Hayward: Lighting up the night one solar suitcase at a time, Mercury News, Feb 24, 2017.
- Fuelner, Natalie, Solar Warriors: Cal State East Bay Solar Suitcase Program partners with Native American tribes, organizations nationwide, East Bay Today.
Previous Episode
The Fullness of our Humanity as Teacher and Student
Dr. Terri Jett discusses the fullness of our humanity as a teacher and student on episode 245 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
I’m trying to understand what the students are seeking themselves.
—Terri Jett
What I was learning was so deeply personal.
—Terri Jett
Make a statement, even if it’s small.
—Terri Jett
Don’t just sit there and take it — do something about it.
—Terri Jett
Resources Mentioned
Next Episode
Reclaiming the Narrative on the Value of Higher Education
Eddie Watson talks about reclaiming the narrative on the value of higher education on episode 247 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.
Quotes from the episode
We have a unique opportunity to ... reclaim the narrative on the value of higher education.
—C. Edward Watson
You learn things in the classroom — can you make those things work in a real-world setting?
—C. Edward Watson
Resources Mentioned
- AAC&U Report – Fulfilling the American Dream: Liberal Education and the Future of Work
- How the Great Recession changed the job market forever for college grads in The Washington Post
- Falling Confidence in Higher Ed, by Scott Jaschik
- The Long-Term Labor Market Consequences of Graduating from College in a Bad Economy, by Lisa B. Kahn
- Underemployment: Research on the Long-Term Impact on Careers
- Handshake’s Annual Report | 2018 – Campus to Career
- AAC&U VALUE Rubrics
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