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Cathy Manduca
Science Education Resource Center (SERC)
Carleton College
As Director of the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College I lead our work to improve education guiding projects to completion, developing new directions, raising funds and managing our staff. I am the Executive Director of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) where I work to ensure that the organization is financially healthy, running smoothly and most important maximizing its support for learning about the Earth. I am the lead PI for InTeGrate, the NSF STEP Center in the Geosciences which aims to transform geoscience education so that students of all kinds have opportunities to learn about the Earth in the context of the resource and environmental issues faced by civilization today. My work includes organizing workshops and other activities for faculty and educators of all types, developing web-resources that link teaching resources, pedagogy and discussion, and researching learning by geoscientists, faculty and students. Topics of focus include bringing research results on teaching and learning into broader use in the geosciences, understanding geoscience expertise, and building strong geoscience departments. I am the Executive Director of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Currently, I serve on the Board of Directors for the American Geophysical Union, the National Academy of Science Board on Science Education, and as retiring chair of the AAAS Education Section.
Project Leader
Intro to InTeGrate part of Integrate
Teaching about Earth for a Sustainable Future: Materials for Faculty and Instructors Classroom Tested, Peer Reviewed and Designed to Fit into Your Course Explore the Teaching Materials » Support Sustainability ...
Synthesis of Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences part of Research on Learning:Synthesis Study
This project synthesizes existing knowledge and articulates unanswered questions in critical areas of research on cognition and learning relevant to the Geosciences.
Bringing MARGINS Research into the Classroom part of MARGINS Data in the Classroom
A series of workshops devoted to the development of classroom-ready web-based mini-lessons incorporating MARGINS Data.
On the Cutting Edge part of Cutting Edge
The On the Cutting Edge Professional Development Program for Geoscience Faculty brings together workshops, websites, and research activities to support highest quality undergraduate geoscience education.
Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience part of Starting Point-Teaching Entry Level Geoscience
This site is designed to help faculty and graduate students learn about instructional methods for teaching undergraduate entry-level geoscience, environmental science, or related courses.
Research on Learning in the Geosciences part of Research on Learning
This site has many important lessons that can improve teaching in the geosciences and brings together resources for faculty, teachers and curriculum developers working in the geosciences including
DLESE Community Services Center part of DLESE Community Services
The Digital Library for Earth Science Education Community Service Center seeks to increase and diversify the current resource user and contributor base, improve the ability of users and contributors to easily find, adapt, and effectively use high quality digital resources.
Website Content Contributions
Essays (8)
Connecting Learning to Action through Local Communities part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Earth Education for Sustainable Societies:Essays
Cathy Manduca, Carleton College Over the last 8 years, the InTeGrate project has worked to bring together learning about the Earth with an understanding of the societal problems this knowledge can help address. ...
Conference Presentations (29)
Looking Back and Looking Forward: 10 Years of Earth Educators' Rendezvous part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Poster Sessions:Monday Poster Session
2024 marks the 10th year of the Earth Educators' Rendezvous. This presentation aims to highlight the history of the Rendezvous program, from its inception as part of the On the Cutting Edge and InTeGrate ...
Other Contributions (17)
Facilitating Departmental, Programmatic, and Curricular Change through Traveling Workshops part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Events:Meetings and Conferences:Transforming Institutions Conference 2019:Program:Poster Presentations
Academic departments and programs in higher education face challenges in adapting to shifting institutional priorities, fluctuating budgets, evolving research landscapes, and changing employment prospects for ...
Communities
North Central Section, Geo2YC: The Two-Year College Division, Geoscience Education Research Division, Teacher Education Division
July 2022 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2019
July 2019 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2018
July 2018 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2017
July 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2016
July 2016 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 Conference ChairTeaching Computation Interest Group
Education Icon
ICON Education Interest List
ICON Writing Leads
Teaching Geoscience with MATLAB Interest Group
Workshops for Place-based Educators Working Group
Teaching Geoscience Online
GeoPRISMS Interest Community
ICON Leadership Team
EDDIE Module Development Mentors
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey
Advocacy Interest Group
ASCN Member
HBCU Pathways Advisory Group
CE Embedded Assessment
PICUREnet Newsletters
CE National Geoscience Teaching Practices Survey Research Team
RTOP Observers
PIServing Our Communities
Teach the Earth
NAGT All
NAGT Past Presidents
Workshop Leader (84 workshops)
April 2019Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Workshop 2018
October 2018Teaching Computation in the Sciences Using MATLAB Workshop 2017
October 2017
Workshop Participant (27 workshops)
October 2019 Engaging Environmental Justice in Geoscience Courses
December 2018 2018 AGU Heads and Chairs Workshop
December 2018 Presenter
Webinar Leader (4 webinars)
March 20162016 EJ Webinar
February 2016NGSS Webinar: Needs and Call to Action
April 2015