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Dear List Members,

 

This is a reminder about the upcoming Fall Case Study Conference, September
23-24 in Buffalo, NY. It is quite an exceptional event this year. In
response to teacher requests, we will be featuring sessions in the physical
sciences, along with our usual sessions for newcomers, high school teachers
and veteran case teachers. In addition, we have four exciting speakers who
will give plenary addresses.

 

Jay B. Labov, Senior Advisor for Education and Communications, National
Academy of Sciences and National Research Council, Washington, DC. 

Ethel Stanley, Director, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, Beloit College,
Beloit, WI. Ethel is director of the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, which
supports educators interested in reforming undergraduate biology, and
co-editor of Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching. 

Paula Lemons, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Georgia,
Athens, GA. Paula is an Assistant Professor at The University of Georgia in
the Division of Biological Sciences. 

Dave Terry, Assistant Professor, Division of Education, Alfred University.
Dave has experience teaching biology in both public and private high
schools. 

 

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 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.
The conference also includes a poster session and we would be pleased if you
submitted a proposal by September 1, 2011. Register now for this exciting
2-day Case Study Teaching in Science Conference, which takes place on
September 23rd and 24th, 2011.

 

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

 

Regards,

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

 

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12th 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:  <http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/training/conference/>
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/training/conference/

Date: September 23 & 24, 2011

Venue: Ramada Inn & Conference Center, Amherst, NY

 

DEADLINES:

-Poster session proposal submission: September 1, 2011 

-Hotel room reservations at the special conference rate: September 9, 2011

-Registration: September 8, 2011

 

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 Critical Roles for Case Studies (and
Other Active Learning Methods) in Improving Undergraduate STEM Education-A
National Perspective, Jay Labov, Senior Advisor for Education and
Communications, National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council,
Washington, DC ; Cases, Social Networking, and Workspaces, Ethel Stanley,
Director, BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium, Beloit College; and Cases That
Make You Think ... The Secret's in the Questions, Paula Lemons, Assistant
Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Georgia, and
David Terry, Assistant Professor of Education, Alfred University; 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. 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)

 

ADVANCED Track Sessions: Friday/Saturday 

-Careers, Cases and Collaboration in Plant Science (Ethel Stanley) 

-The Conversation Continues: Critical Roles for Case Studies in STEM
Education (Jay Labov) 

-Integrating Case Studies Across the Curriculum (Brenda Bertrand) 

-Developing and Using Case Studies to Teach Core Concepts in Chemistry
(Brahmadeo Dewprashad) 

-A Backward Approach to Designing Case Studies (Bill Cliff) 

-Teaching Sustainability in the Physical Sciences Through Cases (James
Jensen)

-Using Cases to Teach the Nature of Science: Charles Keeling & Atmospheric
CO2 (Douglas Allchin)

-Role-Playing to Illustrate the Application of Environmental Chemistry and
Geology Concepts (Melanie Szulczewski) 

-Adding a Student-Created Case Study Assignment to Your Course (Tory Parker)

 

HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER Track Sessions: Saturday Only

- Integrating Literacy, Inquiry, Media and Real World Lessons through
Interrupted Case-Based Learning for High School Science Students (Kathy
Hoppe)

-A Smoky Mystery: Applying Earth Science Concepts to Forensic Investigation
(Karen Lester) 

-Dial M for Molecule (Aruna Kailasa)

 

REGISTRATION

Two Day Registration is $550.

One Day Saturday registration rate is $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 9, 2011, so plan on
making your hotel reservations early.

For more information, including how to submit your poster proposal by
September 1, 2011, see the conference website at: 

 
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Questions about the conference can be directed to our Conference
Coordinator, Carolyn Wright, at  <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or (716)645-4900, fax (716)645-2975.

 

 

 

 


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