Part I. Defining the Needs of Educators and Students
Chapter 1. Carrying Plant Knowledge Forward in the USA
Patricia Harrison
Chapter 2. Lessons Learned in Development of an Interdisciplinary Science Curriculum Support Organization
Will McClatchey and K.W. Bridges
Chapter 3. The Contribution of Ethnobiology to Teaching Plant Sciences: Student and Faculty Perspectives
Sofia A. Vougioukalou, Keri Barfield, Ryan D. Huish, Laura Shiels, Sunshine L. Brosi, and Patricia Harrison
Chapter 4. From Learning to Teaching: Bridging Students' Experience and Teachers' Expectations
Valentina Savo and Ursula M. Arndt
Part II. Introducing Fundamental Skills
Chapter 5. Research-Based Learning
Gail E. Wagner
Chapter 6. Aligning Plant Identification Curricula to Disciplinary Standards Through the Framework of Student-Centered Learning
Sunshine L. Brosi and Ryan D. Huish
Chapter 7. Cultivation of Local Botanical Knowledge or Knowledge of Nature Using Interdisciplinary, Innovative, and Mind/Brain-Based Techniques
Karen C. Hall and April T. Sawey
Part III. Connecting Students to Plants
Chapter 8. "What's That Called?" Folk Taxonomy and Connecting Students to the Human-Nature Interface
Nanci J. Ross
Chapter 9. Learning from the Land: Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives into the Plant Sciences
Michael Benedict (Mohawk), Kelly Kindscher, and Raymond Pierotti
Chapter 10. Pedagogy and Botany of the Columbian Biological Exchange: The 1491 Meal
John Richard Stepp
Chapter 11. Teaching Plant Science in School and Community Settings
Lisa Carolina Gonzalez
Chapter 12. Using Community Resources for Ethnobotany Courses
Al Keali'i Chock
Part IV. Teaching Through Field Experiences
Chapter 13. Learning in Paradise: The Role of Botanic Gardens in University Education
Bradley C. Bennett
Chapter 14. Teaching Ethnobotany Through Field Research: A Case Study Integrating Conservation with Tibetan Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Jan Salick
Chapter 15. Excursions in Teaching Plant Science Through the Local Ethnobotany of the Food-Medicine Continuum: Field Trips to Traditional Specialty Food Markets
Cedric Barrett Baker and Gokhan Hacisalihoglu
Chapter 16. Ecosystem Excitement: Using Everyday Items, Projects, Field Trips, and Exotic Images to Connect Students to Plants
Maria Fadiman
Part V. Integrating Technology
Chapter 17. Teaching Ethnobiology Online at a Canadian Distance Learning University
Leslie Main Johnson and Janelle Marie Baker
Chapter 18. Linking Student Skill-Building with Public Outreach and Education
Cassandra L. Quave
About the Author: Cassandra L. Quave, PhD
Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology and Center for the Study of Human Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
