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Nature as Mentor: Catalyzing First-Year Liberal Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Transition through a Biomimicry First-Year Seminar
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Bidwell, Deborah; Smirnoff, Dimitri – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2022
University students crave immersive, collaborative, interdisciplinary, applied learning contextualized to real world sustainability challenges. Liberal arts and sciences institutions are particularly well positioned to respond. Here we report on our high impact, cross-disciplinary, biomimicry-themed firstyear experience (FYE) curricula. Biomimicry…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, First Year Seminars, Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary Approach