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Hello,
WIth three other science education specialists and scientists, I
would like to ask if you would be able to place on your listservs the
following call for abstracts for an educational session at American
Geophysical Union meeting December 11-15. The abstracts themselves
are due on-line on Sept. 7. A quick listing would be very
appreciated. The subject listing in the header can be used as well.
Please RSVP. Thanks,
Connie
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Dear Colleague,
Seize the opportunity to submit abstracts for contributed papers to
an exciting educational session at the December AGU meeting in San
Francisco: Session ED17 "Teacher Professional Development Programs
Promoting Authentic Scientific Research in the Classroom."
The session will focus on research experiences for teachers, the
roles of scientists and education specialists, and authentic
scientific research in the classroom. Specifically we are interested
in soliciting contributions from scientists, education specialists,
and teachers who are or have been directly involved with teacher
research experiences. (Abstracts submitted electronically are due:
September 7, 2006 at 2359UT.)
--Do you have a program you want to tell us about? We would enjoy
hearing from professional development programs that incorporate
authentic scientific research.
--Do you have an internship program? We would value shared
experiences from industry; from NSF-supported programs; from other
teacher-scientist partnerships. The perspectives of people from
other countries would add further dimension to the session.
--We have a keen interest in hearing from exceptional teachers who
can share their experiences and how they have successfully
transferred the research experience to their classrooms.
--We are planning to span a broad range of disciplines, institutions,
agencies, and projects.
The description of the session is listed below. We hope you can join
us in making this a successful session for a third year in a row.
The on-line submission form for abstracts is available from the AGU
WWW site at http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm06/.
AGU policy allows one "education" abstract to be submitted in
addition to a "science" abstract.
Here are the policies for submitting abstracts.
Policies for Submitting AGU Abstracts
* Abstracts submitted electronically are due on-line no
later than 2359 UT on September 7, 2006. At 2359 UT the local times
will be: Boston 19.59h; New Orleans 18.59h; and Seattle 16.59h.
Abstracts must be accompanied by submission fees. The abstract
submission fee is nonrefundable.
* Abstracts can be submitted only when the first author is
an AGU member in good standing (as of 15 August 2006) or a nonmember
whose abstract submission is sponsored by an AGU member in good
standing (as of 15 August 2006, e.g., co-convener Connie Walker).
Click here if you would like to renew or to join.
* An AGU membership number is required for each First Author
in order to submit an abstract. If the First Author is not an AGU
member, the submission must be sponsored by an AGU member who has
agreed to do so. The sponsor's membership number must be supplied.
Connie Walker’s membership number is 30086978.
* Only 1 contributed paper is allowed by the same first
author, unless submitting to an Education or Public Affairs session.
Detailed instructions for submitting and managing abstracts are
provided at http://submissions4.agu.org/submission/entrance.asp.
It is highly recommended that you read through all of the
instructions before you begin.
If you have additional questions, please contact [log in to unmask]
When you are ready to proceed, please click on one of the options below.
Create a New Abstract Submission
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The AGU Fall Meeting will be held December 11-15 in San Francisco.
For more information, please feel free to contact the session
conveners listed below. If you would like to view last year's two
oral sessions and one poster session, visit http://www.noao.edu/
education/agu/.
Sincerely,
Connie Walker, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, 520-318-8535,
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Steven K. Croft, National Optical Astronomy Observatory,
520-318-8495, [log in to unmask]
Véronique Robigou, University of Washington, 206-543-9282,
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Gail Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island, 401-874-6486,
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AGU Session ED17: "Teacher Professional Development Programs
Promoting Authentic Scientific Research in the Classroom"
The session will focus on informing scientists, educators, education
researchers, evaluators and funding agency program officers on
efforts to provide K-12 teachers with authentic research experiences
in science and engineering. Presentations should highlight best
practices for the “Teacher Research Experience” (TRE) model.
Presentations by those who design, facilitate, evaluate, and fund TRE
programs are especially encouraged, as well as presentations by
teachers and scientists who have participated in such programs.
Suggested areas for presenters to address include but are not limited
to:
• the transition of the educational environment into an authentic
research center
• how best to prepare teachers to become part of scientific research
teams
• the use of “online learning in teacher professional development”,
“support systems for teacher researchers”, “research community
collaboration” and “program assessment and evaluation”.
• examples of the value to the scientific community of involving
teachers in research
• recommendations for designing and implementing research experiences
that aligns with national, state, and/or local reform efforts in
science education
• how authentic research experiences can be used as a strategy to
retain and renew the best science teachers and enhance student learning
• the framework for conceptual learning in terms of the curricula and
embedded research activities
• the effective transfer of knowledge from the teacher/researcher to
the students through implementing a research program within the
classroom
• how these teacher professional development programs play an
essential role in science education reform and in teacher retention
and renewal
Presentations on new models for long and short-term teacher research
experiences are invited from the fields of space science,
environmental science, atmospheric science, earth science,
oceanography, etc. Scientist-teacher research teams are particularly
encouraged to submit abstracts for the session. Printed and CD-based
materials may be brought by participants to the session to be
distributed to attendees.
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