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SFYou: Miranda Meents

By: Hailey Miller, Staff Writer Professor Miranda Meents may have gotten her PhD in the field of Botany from the University of British Columbia, but her career has led her into studying and implementing evidence-based teaching strategies at SFU. A biological sciences professor, Meents not only employs well-studied teaching strategies, but has also taken a decolonial approach to her plant biology class. We spoke with Meents to learn more about her approach in helping students form a personal connection and appreciation to the plant life around them. Meents approaches her teaching style by thinking of it as an adaptive, constantly…

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