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Dear Teachers,
We are pleased to announce this summer's Teaching Case Studies in Science Workshop, which will be held May 16-20, 2011 (details below) on the campus of the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. Registration will formally open at 12:00 p.m. EST on Tuesday, February 1, 2011 on our website. 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> http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu
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SUMMER 2011 TEACHING CASE STUDIES IN SCIENCE WORKSHOP
Presented by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
Workshop Dates: May 16-20, 2011
Workshop Location: University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Registration Fee: $800
REGISTRATION PROCESS: Registration will open at 12:00 p.m. EST on February 1st, 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 2/1/11.
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: $69.00 per
night for double bedded queen room.
WEBSITE: Detailed information about the workshop, including online registration and
housing options, will be available on February 1st at: <http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/training/workshops/> 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
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