7th World Congress on Mummy Studies University of San Diego San ...

SYMPOSIA.–.Wednesday
ECKART MEESE 2 , CARSTEN PUSCH 3 , MARCO
SAMADELLI 1 , EDUARD EGARTER VIGL 8 , and
ALBERT zINK 1 ( 1 EURAC. -. Institute. for. Mummies. and.
the.Iceman,.Bolzano,.Italy;. 2 Saarland.University,.Homburg,.
Saar,.Germany;. 3 University.of.Tübingen,.Germany;. 4 Febit.
Biomed. GMBH,. Heidelberg,. Germany;. 5 Christian-Albrechts-University.
Kiel,. Germany; . 6 Lifetech/Applied. Biosystems,.
Beverly,. MA,. Foster. City,. CA;. 7 University. of. Heidelberg,.Heidelberg,.Germany;.
8 General.Hospital.Bolzano,.
Italy).
The <strong>World</strong> <strong>Congress</strong> on Mummy Studies program
continues on page 41 of these Proceedings.
The Changing Role of the Research
University in K–12 Science Education
KIPJ.Room.A
Wednesday
2:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Organizers:.Sherry Seethaler.(Staff.Director.of.California.Teach,.Division.of.Physical.Sciences,.University.of.California.San.Diego,.La.Jolla,.
CA).and.John Czworkowski.(Lecturer,.PSOE,.Department.of.Chemistry.
and.Biochemistry,.University.of.California.San.Diego,.La.Jolla,.CA).
Sponsored.by.the.Pacific.Division.section.on.Science.and.Technology.
Education.
Concerns.about.America’s.future.science.and.technology.competitiveness.in.the.global.economy.are.changing.the.role.of.the.nation’s.research.
universities. in. K-12. science. education.. . The. National. Academies’.
report,.Rising Above the Gathering Storm,.recommended.three.actions.
to.improve.K-12.STEM.education:.1).Attract.more.of.America’s.brightest.students.to.the.teaching.profession;.2).Strengthen.the.skills.of.the.
nation’s.current.K-12.teachers;.and.3).Enlarge.the.pipeline.of.students.
prepared.to.pursue.STEM.degrees...This.symposium.reveals.how.four.
research. universities. broke. down. intra-institutional. barriers. (between.
science. and. education. departments). and. inter-institutional. barriers.
(between. universities. and. K-12. schools). to. address. these. aspects. of.
precollege.science.education...University.of.Arizona’s.Science.Teacher.
Preparation.Program,.University.of.California,.San.Diego’s.California.
Teach,.and.University.of.California.Berkeley’s.Cal.Teach.and.Summer.
Research.Institute.exemplify.ways.to.bridge.the.traditional.gap.between.
undergraduate.science.curricula.and.education.credential.programs.to.
develop.future.teachers’.pedagogical.content.knowledge...Project.PASS.
at. the. University. of. Nevada,. Las. Vegas. uses. a. professional. learning.
community.to.strengthen.the.skills.of.current.teachers.through.a.collaborative.partnership.between.a.university.and.a.large.urban.school.district...Another.strategy.is.the.creation.of.University-led.charter.schools,.
such.as.the.University.of.California,.San.Diego’s.Preuss.School,.that.
provide.rigorous.college.preparatory.courses.for.diverse,.low-income,.
first-generation. college. students.. . The. panel. will. explore. these. programs,.
institutional. changes. that. made. them. possible,. how. early. dissonance.was.overcome,.implementation,.impact,.and.unexpected.effects.
that.continue.to.engage.research.universities.in.science.education.
Session.Chair:.Sherry Seethaler
40. 1100 (time.italicized.and.underlined).identifies.a.student.presentation
*.identifies.the.speaker.from.among.several.authors.listed
63.(bolded.number).is.the.abstract.number
abstracts.contain.complete.contact.information.for.authors
2:00 Introduction, SHERRy SEETHALER.(University.of.California.San.Diego,.La.Jolla,.CA)
2:10 194 UC Berkeley’s Response to The Gathering Storm: Cal
Teach and MfA Berkeley, NICOLE NUNES,.(University.of.
California.Berkeley,.Berkeley,.CA).
2:35 195 Content-Intensive Courses in UC San Diego’s Science
Education Minor: Preliminary Results on Their Effects on
Pre-Service Science Teachers,.JOHN CzWORKOWSKI
(University.of.California.San.Diego,.La.Jolla,.CA)..
3:00 BREAK
3:15 196 Growing a Culture for Science Education in the University
of Arizona’s College of Science, DEBRA TOMANEK.
(University.of.Arizona, Tucson,.AZ).
3:40 197 Leveraging a Collaborative Partnership to Achieve
High Quality Professional Development for Science Teachers,
KENT J. CRIPPEN.(University.of.Nevada,.Las.Vegas,.
NV)..
4:05 198 More Than Outreach: Starting a Charter School on a
Research University Campus, BARBARA SAWREy.(University.of.California.San.Diego,.La.Jolla,.CA).
4:30 Questions and Discussion (synthesis of common themes and
lessons learned)