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Dear List Members,

Register today and take advantage of the early bird special rate through
September 1st for our case study teaching conference. It is quite an
exceptional event this year. Along with our usual sessions for new comers
and veteran case teachers, we have three exciting speakers who will give
plenary addresses: 

Margaret Waterman, Professor of Biology, Southeast Missouri State University
who directed the Office of Faculty Development at the University of
Pittsburgh and was a medical educator at Harvard. She is the creator of
medical PBL called Investigative Case Based Learning (ICBL), and is a
coauthor of Biological Inquiry: A Workbook of Investigative Cases (Benjamin
Cummings, 2nd ed. 2008, which includes cases, exercises, and open-ended
investigations for introductory college biology

Felicia Keesing, Associate Professor of Biology, Bard College, has received
more than $6 million in grant support from the National Geographic Society,
the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the
Environmental Protection Agency. In 2000, she received a United States
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from
President Clinton. In 2009, she served on the steering committee of the
Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education conference sponsored by
NSF, HHMI, and AAAS.

 

Barbara Leigh Smith, Senior Scholar, The Evergreen State College, is
co-director of the Enduring Legacies Native Cases Initiative and
Reservation-Based Project funded by the National Science Foundation to serve
American Indian students in tribal communities. Smith founded and directed
the Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education,
a state-supported consortium of 48 of Washington's colleges and
universities. She has numerous publications on learning communities and
reform and experimentation in higher education, including Against the
Current: Reform and Experimentation in Higher Education (with Richard
Jones); Re-Inventing Ourselves (with John McCann), and Learning Communities:
Reforming Undergraduate Education (with Jean MacGregor, Roberta Matthews and
Faith Gabelnick). 

 

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Another special attraction this year for HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

 

- Our "mini" track is made up of three sessions on Saturday specifically
designed for high school science teachers (though others, we think, will
find it of interest too!).  Our break-out session leaders are Bonnie Wood,
Professor of Biology, University of Maine at Presque Isle, Donna Horn,
Director of Science and Health, Rush-Henrietta Central School, Kathy Hoppe,
Monroe 2-Orleans BOCES K-12 Science Support, Director at Large for Biology
Science Teachers Association of New York State, Biology-Chemistry
Professional Development Network.

 

Our conference will be led by Dr. Clyde (Kipp) Herreid, SUNY Distinguished
Teaching Professor and Director of the National Center for Case Study
Teaching in Science. The conference is open to anyone interested in science
education including high school teachers and international teachers.  See
below for a full listing of the conference sessions and other information. 

Our conference also includes a poster session and we would be pleased if you
submitted a proposal. 

Register now for this exciting 2-day Case Study Teaching in Science
Conference, which takes place on September 24th and 25th, 2010. Early-Bird
two-day registration until September 1, 2010 - $500.00. One-day
Saturday-only registration is $350.

Please pass this announcement along to colleagues of yours who are not on
our listserv. 

My regards,
Carolyn Wright
Administrator, National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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11th Annual Conference on Case Study Teaching in Science
Presented by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
State University of New York at Buffalo
URL:
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http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.html

Date: September 24 & 25, 2010
Venue: Ramada Inn & Conference Center, Amherst, NY

DEADLINES:
-Poster session proposal submission: September 10, 2010
-Hotel room reservations at the special conference rate: September 7, 2010 
-Early bird discounted rate of $500: September 1, 2010
 
The aim of our annual fall conference is to bring together people who are
interested in teaching science using case studies. Our conference features
two plenaries and a dinner talk: The Flexibility of Case Methods by Margaret
Waterman, Professor of Biology, Southeast Missouri State University, Science
2020: The Transformation of Science Education for Future Scientists and
Citizens: by Felicia Keesing, Associate Professor of Biology, Bard College,
and Using the Power of Stories to Engage Students from Under-represented
Populations: The Native Cases Initiative by Barbara Leigh Smith, Senior
Scholar, The Evergreen State College,  a poster session, and a number of
mini-workshops organized in three tracks - one for the beginner, one for the
more experienced case teacher, and a high school teacher track. If you are
interested in clicker cases we have a session on how to use clickers with
cases in the classroom.  It is your choice which sessions you attend (mix
and match).

BEGINNER Track Sessions: Friday/Saturday
-What Is a Case? / Different Types of Cases (Kipp Herreid)
-The Discussion Case Method (Kipp Herreid)
-The Interrupted Case Method  (Kipp Herreid)
-How to Write a Case (Kipp Herreid)
-Using "Mini" Cases (Phil Stephens)

ADVANCED Track Sessions: Friday/Saturday
-Organizing a Seminar Around Case Studies (Bonnie Wood)
-Cyberlearning Resources for Case Study and PBL (Margaret Waterman) 
-The Epistemology of Case Studies (Felicia Keesing)
-Using Cases in Large Classrooms: The Joy of Clickers (Kipp Herreid) 
-Using History to Teach Nature of Science: The Case of Christiaan Eijkman
(Douglas Allchin
-Incorporating Abnormal or Erroneous Data into Case Studies (Phil Stephens)

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER Track Sessions: Saturday Only
- Lecture-Free Teaching: The Role of Case Studies (Bonnie Wood)
-The Beginner's Guide to Using Case Studies in a High School Science Course
(Donna Horn)
-A Practical Approach to Interrupted Case-Based Learning for High School
Students (Kathy Hoppe)

REGISTRATION
Early bird registration (before or on September 1, 2010) is $500
Regular registration (after September 1, 2009) is $550. 
We also offer a One Day Saturday registration rate of $350. 

Registration includes buffet lunch, and morning/afternoon coffee breaks, as
well as the Friday evening reception & banquet (for two day registrants).
Additional $55 for Friday Banquet if registering for Saturday only or for
guests. A full buffet breakfast is available to those staying at the Ramada
Inn & Conference Center, compliments of the hotel. 

Please note: A limited block of hotel rooms is being held at the Ramada for
our group at the special conference rate until September 7, 2010, so plan on
making your hotel reservations early.

For more information, including how to submit your poster proposal, see the
conference website at:
<http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.htm
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http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/conference/conference.html

Questions about the conference can be directed to our Conference
Coordinator, Carolyn Wright, at
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