[Observing] Reception at GSA-date and time

[Cathy Manduca]

The get together will be in Mineral Hall B, Level 3) at the Hyatt Regency 
Downtown Denver on Tuesday evening from 5:00p.m. to 7:00 p.m

--On Sunday, September 30, 2007 10:00 AM -0500 Cathy Manduca 
<cmanduca at carleton.edu> wrote:

> 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



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