The Bishop's Arches Brewery, Bishop's University's on-campus teaching and research microbrewery, is Canada’s first liberal education focussed academic microbrewery. Our primary objective is to research the art and science of beer making in an interdisciplinary, experiential approach that is local and grounded in the Eastern Townships community. During this session, we will outline the several phases of the project, from its inception to its current state as a centre for experiential learning. We will discuss the challenges of teaching science to both science and non-science students through interactions in the classrooms, labs, and internship opportunities. Finally, we will explore how brewing beer is a metaphor for transformative learning.
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Beck-Winchatz, Bernhard; Parra, Ruben D. (2013). “Finding Out What They Really Think: Assessing Non-Science Majors; Views of the Nature of Science.” College Teaching, v61 n4 p131-137 2013. 7 pp.
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---. (2009). “Visualization and Interactivity in the Teaching of Chemistry to Science and Non-Science Students.” Chemistry Education Research and Practice, v10 n1 p62-69 2009. 8 pp.
