Workshop: Teaching About Time
February 26-28, 2012
Arizona State University
Note: This workshop has already taken place. See the workshop program for links to presentations, discussions, and other material from the workshop, and the workshop synthesis for a summary of key ideas.
Join us for a workshop that will bring together faculty teaching about time with researchers studying temporal learning to
- Understand current best practice in teaching about time,
- Bring forward ideas from education and cognitive psychology that can inform improved practice, and
- Work together in ways that support improved teaching about time.
Conveners
Erica Crespi, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University
Cathy Manduca, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Carol Ormand, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
Steve Semken, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
This workshop is part of the On the Cutting Edge professional development program for geoscience faculty, sponsored by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers with funding provided by a grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education .
This workshop is one of the On the Cutting Edge merging Theme Workshops, which are designed to move critical ideas and concepts into the mainstream of geoscience education. Previous emerging theme workshops have included Developing Student Understanding of Complex Systems, the Role of Metacognition in Teaching Geoscience, and Teaching about the Early Earth.