Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching & Learning Excellence (CASTLE) | Center for the Advancement of STEM Teaching & Learning Excellence (CASTLE)

CASTLE

Center for the Advancement of STEM
Teaching and Learning Excellence

RESOURCES

Due to the coronavirus, many Drexel students are experiencing learning online for the first time and faculty and staff may be unfamiliar with teaching remotely and engaging with students online. CASTLE has collected tips and suggestions to help faculty, staff and students interact online successfully. Click on the PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES tab for more information.

PROFESS

“I think it’s incredibly valuable for us to have the CASTLE center at Drexel. The PROFESS program allows us to go out there and think more deeply about the way we design learning experiences.”Daniel Christe, MS in Mechanical Engineering

HHMI

This is my third time being a peer mentor and I think the experience just gets better! I like being able to talk to the students and let them vent their frustrations, as well as helping them with advice about life... I feel that I really have developed a connection with my students and I really like that.” Nicole Naranjo, BA in Biology

Drexel CIRTL

“CASTLE is the reason that students like me are going to become fantastic, revolutionary teachers in other departments once we graduate from here.”Meghan Barrett, PhD Candidate in Biology

CASTLE stands in solidarity with the movement to dismantle systemic racism and promote equity and inclusivity. As a community, we are reflecting on our work, ways we can continue to learn about these issues, and how to increase our active support of others in their learning about these issues. We are also committing to additional actions to promote inclusivity within academia and STEM education specifically. #BlackLivesMatter

Transitioning to Online Teaching

In response to the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, Drexel has transitioned most courses to an online format. In order to support faculty and staff with this work, we have collected and organized a set of resources that we think may be helpful. The information can be found under the PEDAGOGICAL RESOURCES tab of the CASTLE website (drexel.edu/castle/resources/online-teaching/). We hope you find these resources useful and if you have any others you think belong on our list, please share them with us at jward@drexel.edu.

Who We Are

We are scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and educators. We are Drexel community members, and we are members of the Philadelphia community. Above all, we are citizens. We understand that a successful society is dependent on an educated citizenry, and we know the importance of evidence-based education.

Initiatives

CASTLE has several funded initiatives aimed at improving STEM Teaching and Learning at the undergraduate, graduate and faculty levels

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News

CASTLE Welcomes New Faculty Fellows
10/14/20
CASTLE has selected three faculty members, Jaimie Dougherty, Alonzo Flowers and Jeff Popyack, to serve as Faculty Fellows this fall quarter. CASTLE also welcomes back returning Faculty Fellows; John DiNardo, Mesha Hunte-Brown, Jeremy Johnson, Christy Love, Jim Mitchell, Dimitrios Papadopoulos and Steve Weber.
CASTLE Faculty Fellow Dr. Meshagae Hunte-Brown to speak at Labster Conference
10/05/20
CASTLE Faculty Fellow Dr. Hunte-Brown was invited to speak at the inaugural Labster virtual conference, Science Online (SO): Inspired, to share her expertise on how to prepare students for their new learning environment.
Christopher Weyant Receives the 2020 Evidence-Based Teaching Award
07/16/20
Congratulations to Christopher Weyant, the 2020 recipient of The Evidence-Based Teaching Award in Undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (STEM). This award, funded by a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, is given yearly to a full-time faculty member in a STEM department who uses pedagogical strategies that have been demonstrated in the literature to be effective for teaching students; or who has developed an innovative approach that they are evaluating in their own classrooms.

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