University of Maine

National Conference and Summer Academy

June 22-27, 2008

 

"Integrating Science and Mathematics Education Research into Teaching: 

Resources and Tools for Improved Learning"

 

Sponsored by the University of Maine Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research and The Jackson Laboratory, with support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Bank of America Company, trustee of the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, and the Maine Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative which is supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. EPS-0554545

Conference:  Sunday evening, June 22nd - Wednesday noon, June 25th

Summer Academy:  Wednesday noon, June 25th – Friday noon, June 27th

Location: University of Maine, Orono, Maine

 

Keynote speakers:

 

Ron Berger, Field Director, Northeast Region, Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound

 

Sally Goetz Shuler, Executive Director, National Science Resource Center

 

This summer the Center for Science and Mathematics Education Research (Center) will host its fourth biennial conference on integrating science and mathematics education research into teaching. The conference will begin on Sunday evening, June 22nd, with a banquet followed by an opening keynote address and continue through noon on Wednesday, June 25th.  Immediately following the conference, a Summer Academy of short courses and workshops will begin, continuing until noon on Friday, June 27th.  

 

The conference program will consist of two keynotes, contributed and invited talks, workshops, panels and roundtables, a poster session, and evening programs, with ample time for discussion and participant interaction. The following themes will be the foci of the conference:

 

  1. Recent findings from science and mathematics education research
  2. Using discipline-based education research in middle, secondary, and post-secondary science       and mathematics classrooms
  3. Research supported strategies to increase participation and learning in science and mathematics, particularly among students from under-represented groups
  4. Strategies for improving student learning using technology in the teaching of science and mathematics
  5. Building effective partnerships to implement research-guided practices in the classroom

 

Conference registration information (Sunday, June 22nd - Wednesday, June 25th )

·            Conference registration Fee:  $220

·            Registration waiver for in-service teachers, UMS faculty, students in science, mathematics, engineering, or education programs, postdoctoral research associates, conference invited speakers,

        curriculum coordinators

·            Stipends of $450 and complimentary on-campus room and board will be provided for the first

        75 in-service teachers who register for and participate in the Conference and Summer Academy.

For further Conference and Summer Academy information and registration forms, please see http://www.umaine.edu/center/2008_Summer_Conference

 

Conference Invited Speakers

 

 

Steven Anderson, Director, Mathematics and Science Teaching Institute, Winchester Distinguished Faculty in Science Education, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Northern Colorado

 

Ron Berger, Field Director, Northeast Region, Expeditionary Learning Schools Outward Bound

 

Seth Bordenstein, Assistant Scientist, Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, The Marine Biological Laboratory

 

Eric Brewe, Assistant Professor of Science Education, Florida International University

 

Melanie M. Cooper, Alumni Distinguished Professor, Chemistry, Clemson University

 

Joe T. Elkins, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences Education, University of Northern Colorado  

 

Stephen Kanim, Associate Professor, Physics, New Mexico State University

 

Signe E. Kastberg, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

 

Michael W. Klymkowsky, Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology and Teaching Program Co-Director, University of Colorado

 

Sue Mau, Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

 

MaryAnn McGarry, Associate Professor of Science Education, Center for the Environment, Plymouth State University, and Director of Education, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation

 

Laura Muller, Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry, Wheaton College

 

Robert Poel, Professor of Physics, emeritus, Western Michigan University

 

Edward Prather, Lecturer and Associate Staff Scientist, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona

 

Sally Goetz Shuler, Executive Director, National Science Resources Center

Jacqueline Spears, Director, Center for Science Education, Associate Professor of Secondary Education,

Kansas State University

 

Natasha Speer, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University

 

Michelle Stephan, Graduate Associate Professor, University of Central Florida and mathematics teacher,  Lawton Chiles Middle School

 

Marcy Towns, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University

 

Mary Tyler, Professor of Zoology, University of Maine

 

Hannah Webber, Graduate Student, Master of Science in Teaching, University of Maine

 

Jackie Wilson, Educational Consultant, Hubbard Brook Research Foundation

 

Bill Zoellick, Director of Program Development, Acadia Partners for Science and Learning

 

 

The Center provides an integrated approach to University-based research and training in science and mathematics education. To learn more about the Center and for more information about the conference, please visit our website:  http://www.umaine.edu/center/

 

Questions:  Amie Gellen, 207-581-1021, amie.gellen@umit.maine.edu