Eldon D. Enger,
Delta College (retired) Frederick C. Ross,
Delta College David B. Bailey,
Delta College
ISBN: 0073403466 Copyright year: 2012
About the Authors
Eldon D. Enger is a professor emeritus of biology at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Michigan. He received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from the University of
Michigan. Professor Enger has over 30 years of teaching experience, during which he taught biology, zoology, environmental science, and several other courses, and he was very
active in curriculum and course development. Professor Enger is an advocate for variety in teaching methodology. He feels that if students are provided with varied experiences, they are more likely to learn. In addition to the standard textbook assignments, lectures, and laboratory activities, his classes were likely to include writing assignments, student presentation of lecture material, debates by students on controversial issues, field experiences, individual student projects, and discussions of local examples and relevant current events.
Professor Enger has been a Fulbright Exchange Teacher to Australia and Scotland, and he received the Bergstein Award for Teaching Excellence and the Scholarly Achievement
Award from Delta College.
Professor Enger is married, has two sons, and enjoys a variety of outdoor pursuits, such as cross-country skiing, hiking, hunting, fishing, camping, and gardening. Other interests
include reading a wide variety of periodicals, beekeeping, singing in a church choir, and preserving garden produce.Fred Ross is a professor emeritus of biology at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Michigan. He received his B.S. and M.S. from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, and has attended several other universities and institutions. Professor Ross has over 30 years of teaching experience, including junior and senior high school. He has been very active in curriculum development and has developed the courses “Infection Control and Microbiology” and “AIDS and Infectious Diseases,” a PBS ScienceLine course. He has also been actively involved in the National Task Force of Two Year College Biologists (American Institute of Biological Sciences); N.S.F. College Science Improvement Program (COSIP); Evaluator for Science and Engineering Fairs; Michigan Community College Biologists (MCCB); Judge for the Michigan Science Olympiad and the Science Bowl; and a member of the Topic Outlines in Introductory Microbiology Study Group of the American Society for Microbiology.
Professor Ross involved his students in a variety of learning techniques and was a prime advocate of writing-to-learn. Besides writing, his students were typically engaged in active learning techniques, including use of inquiry based learning, the Internet, e-mail communications, field experiences, classroom presentation, and lab work. The goal of his classroom presentations was to actively engage the minds of his students in understanding the material, not just memorization of “scientific facts.”David B. Bailey is an associate professor of biology at Delta College, a community college near Saginaw, Michigan. He received his B.A. from Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio, and his
Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Bailey has been teaching in classrooms and labs for 10 years in both community colleges and 4-year institutions.
He has taught general biology, introductory zoology, cell biology, molecular biology, biotechnology, genetics, and microbiology. Dr. Bailey is currently directing Delta’s General
Education Program.
Dr. Bailey strives to emphasize critical thinking skills so that students can learn from each other. Practicing the scientific method and participating in discussions of literature, religion,
and movies, students are able to learn how to practice appropriate use of different critical thinking styles. Comparing different methods of critical thinking for each of these areas, students develop a much more rounded perspective on their world. Dr. Bailey’s community involvement includes participating with the Michigan Science Olympiad. In his spare time, he
enjoys camping, swimming, beekeeping, and wine-making.
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