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Dear Listserv Members,

We are pleased to announce this summer's Teaching Case Studies in Science
Workshop, which will be held May 14-18, 2012 (details below) on the campus
of the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Online
registration will formally open on our website on Thursday, February 2 ,
2012 at 12:00 p.m. EST. We accept credit card payments online at
registration (Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover). Please note:
The registration fee for the workshop is $800. There is no deadline for
registration; rather, registrations will be taken on a first-to-register,
first-to-pay basis until we fill the workshop at 35 people.  We do expect
the workshop to fill up quickly.

Regards,

Carolyn Wright

Workshop Coordinator

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

University at Buffalo Biological Sciences

109 Cooke Hall

Buffalo, NY 14260

716-645-4900

fax 716-645-2975

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http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu

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SUMMER 2012 TEACHING CASE STUDIES IN SCIENCE WORKSHOP 

Presented by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science Workshop

Dates: May 14-18, 2012 Workshop

Location: University at Buffalo, State University of New York Registration
Fee: $800

 

REGISTRATION PROCESS: Online registration will open at 12:00 p.m. EST on
February 2nd, on our website (see URL below) and will remain open until the
workshop is filled (limit 35 people).  We encourage you to submit your
registration as early as possible starting on 2/2/12

 

WORKSHOP CONTENT: We have found the case study method to be a powerful
pedagogical technique for teaching science because it humanizes science and
effectively illustrates scientific methodology and values. Moreover, since
many of the best cases are based on contemporary science problems featured
in the news, the use of cases in the classroom makes science relevant to
students. Our five-day workshop focuses on training science faculty (all
levels) to teach with case studies, to write their own cases, and to assess
their students' learning with cases. During the final two days of the
workshop, all participants are required to teach a case before a student
audience using a case they have developed during the workshop.  In addition,
workshop participants are expected to produce a case study within six months
of the workshop for our national, peer-reviewed case collection. Past
workshops have included faculty from biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy,
computer science, mathematics, geology, psychology, anthropology, nursing,
science education, dentistry, engineering, medicine, and other
science-related disciplines.

 

APPLICATION: Open enrollment through registration on a first-to-register,
first-to-pay basis, limited to 35 people.

 

COST: $800, which includes all workshop sessions, materials and meals
(beginning with breakfast Monday through lunch Friday).  Participants must
arrange and pay for their own travel and lodging.  We have arranged for
reduced price lodging at a conveniently located hotel: Ramada Hotel &
Conference Center: $75.00 per night for double bedded queen room.

 

WEBSITE: Detailed information about the workshop, including online
registration and housing options, will be available on February 2nd at:
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/training/workshops/

 

WORKSHOP DIRECTOR: Workshop Director Clyde F. (Kipp) Herreid is a
Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at
the University at Buffalo. He has conducted numerous workshops around the
country on case method teaching, team learning, and problem-based learning.
He is the author of a column on case studies regularly featured in the
Journal of College Science Teaching and directs the work of the National
Center for Case Study Teaching in Science.

 

QUESTIONS: Please contact our workshop coordinator, Carolyn Wright, at
[log in to unmask] or at 716-645-4900. 

 


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