[Observing] Reception at GSA

[Cathy Manduca]

Here's an opportunity to get together at GSA for those of you who are going.

Cathy

Geoscience Education Research Interest Group event at GSA 2007 (Denver)
Hyatt Regency Downtown, Mineral Hall B, Level 3


Hosted by Julie Libarkin and Heather Petcovic
Sponsored by GSA Geoscience Education Division
Financial support from The Center for Research in College Science Teaching 
and Learning, Michigan State University and The George G. Mallinson 
Institute for Science Education, Western Michigan University

 
Research in geoscience education and related fields has expanded rapidly in 
recent years, bringing with it a flood of new ideas, approaches, and 
expectations. Tenure-track positions in geoscience education have opened up 
in geoscience departments across the country, suggesting that this domain 
is gaining a foothold as a new sub-discipline of geoscience. While the 
geoscience education community has been very active at GSA for decades, 
geoscience education research itself is a relatively new endeavor. This 
event will help build community by: a) introducing researchers and students 
to one another; b) providing a forum for exchange of ideas and techniques; 
c) generating cross-institutional conversations; and d) identifying 
potential focus areas for the community. One immediate outcome of the event 
will be an email listserve, similar to the ones in physics education, where 
researchers can post questions and exchange ideas.




Julie Libarkin
Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences & Division of Science and Mathematics 
Education (DSME)
Michigan State University
206 Natural Science Building
East Lansing, MI 48824-1115



Dr. Cathryn A. Manduca
Director, Science Education Resource Center
Executive Director, National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Carleton College
Northfield, MN  55057
507 646-7096
cmanduca at carleton.edu
serc.carleton.edu