LENTZ, DAVID L.* AND ROBERT J. REINSVOLD. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY, and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO. - Economic botany and ethnobotany: subjects that generate interest in plants.
The purpose of the symposium, jointly sponsored by the Economic Botany
and the Teaching Sections of the BSA, is to highlight successful
programs that have designed their economic botany/ethnobotany courses
in ways that are at the same time informative and stimulating. Most
importantly, the symposium will highlight pedagogic approcahes that
are most effective at generating student interest. Attendees should go
away from this symposium with new ideas about how to organize courses
at their home institutions. Learning about plants seems to be falling
through the cracks in many university curricula, and this as a small
attempt to reinvigorate the field. Presenters will describe their
course(s), the subject matter, format, the reference material commonly
used and the target audience (undergraduates, graduates, pharmacy
students, etc.).
Key words: botany curriculum, economic botany, ethnobotany, graduates, undergraduates