Post on 06-Jan-2016
description
Professional development for faculty and future faculty
in order to transform our classrooms
From Seminarcolepsy To Active Learning
Scientific Teaching
• Bio2010 (2003) National Research Council– recommendations for new biology curricula
that better reflect the nature of science.
• National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Biology Education– Teaching science in a way that represents the
process and nature of science
Handelsman et al., 2004 Science 304:521-522.
The WVU Summer Institute on Undergraduate Math and Science
education
This ain’t ya mama’s education workshop!
5 6 7 8 9 10
June
REGOpeningReception
PresentationsClosing lunchw/alumni
Morning interactive workshops:
Backward Design, Assessment, Active Learning, Diversity, Integrating across the Discipline
Afternoon Group Work:
Create teaching materials to implement back home.
Can my experience help you?
• Single workshops
• Departmental institutes
• Institutional institutes (STEM only)
• Regional Institutes
• National Institutes