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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 ED13 "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 6, 2007 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 fourth year in a
>>row. The on-line submission form for abstracts is available from
>>the AGU WWW site at
>><http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/.>http://www.agu.org/meetings/fm07/.
>>AGU policy allows one "education" abstract to be submitted in
>>addition to a "science" abstract.
>>
>>The AGU Fall Meeting will be held December 10-14 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/.>http://www.noao.edu/education/agu/.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>Connie Walker, National Optical Astronomy Observatory,
>>520-318-8535, <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>Steven K. Croft, National Optical Astronomy Observatory,
>>520-318-8495, <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>Gail Scowcroft, University of Rhode Island, 401-874-6486,
>><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>______________________
>>
>>Session Description:
>>
>>AGU Session ED13: "Teacher Professional Development Programs
>>Promoting Authentic Scientific Research in the Classroom"
>>
>>This session will focus on scientists, educators, education
>>researchers, evaluators and funding agency program officers
>>providing 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 can include but are not limited to:
>>-- The enhanced 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 teacher retention and renewal
>>-- Examples of effective programs and techniques for assessing TRE programs
>>-- The transformation of the educational environment into an
>>authentic research center
>>-- How best to prepare teachers to become part of scientific research teams
>>-- The use of
>>o Online learning in teacher professional development
>>o Support systems for teacher researchers
>>o Research community collaboration and
>>o 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 align with national, state, and/or local reform
>>efforts in science education
>>-- The framework for conceptual learning in terms of the curricula
>>and embedded research activities
>>
>>Presentations on new or ongoing successful 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.
>>
>>
>>____________________________
>>Connie Walker, Ph.D.
>>Senior Science Education Specialist
>>Associate Scientist
>>NOAO
>>950 N. Cherry Ave.
>>Tucson, AZ 85719
>>520-318-8535
>>520-318-8451 (fax)
>><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
Richard Fedele
Manager, Public Outreach Dept.
Kitt Peak National Observatory/NOAO
950 N. Cherry Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85719
520-318-8163
fax 520-318-8451
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www.noao.edu
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