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NSF/Johnson Foundation Workshop: Bringing Research on Learning to the Geosciences

July 8-10, 2002

Workshop Program

July 8
Afternoon Arrivals
3:30 PM
Welcoming Reception
4:15 PM
Opening Remarks (PowerPoint 29kB Mar23 04) from Ken Whang of the National Science Foundation
5:00 PM
Guiding Question 1: Goals for Geoscience Education, Discussion summary PowerPoint file (PowerPoint 55kB Mar23 04)
6:00 PM
Hospitality
6:30 PM
Dinner
July 9
8:30 - 10:00 AM
Guiding Question 2: Time and Spatial Scales, Discussion summary (Acrobat (PDF) 67kB Mar23 04)
10:00 - 10:30 AM
Break
10:30 - 11:30 AM
Guiding Question 3:
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Prepare individual and group conclusions of morning discussion
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM
Guiding Question 4: Complex Systems, PowerPoint Intro (PowerPoint 127kB Mar23 04) / Discussion summary (Acrobat (PDF) 131kB Mar23 04)
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Guiding Question 5: Ways of Knowing, Discussion summary (Acrobat (PDF) 5kB Mar23 04) pdf file
3:30 - 4:00 PM
Break
4:00 - 5:30 PM
Prepare individual and group conclusions of afternoon discussion
6:00 - 7:30 PM
Reception and Dinner
7:30 - 9:30 PM
Small group socializing, walks in woods, music, etc.
July 10
8:30 - 9:30 AM
Guiding Question 6: Learning Environments, Discussion summary (Acrobat (PDF) 88kB Mar23 04), Opening Comments from Joe Redish (Acrobat (PDF) 457kB Mar23 04)
9:30 - 10:15 AM
Finalize key findings and recommendations
10:15 - 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 - 11:30 AM
Develop plan (PowerPoint 19kB Mar23 04) for engaging the broad geoscience community in using research on learning
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Next steps and concluding remarks (Acrobat (PDF) 83kB Mar23 04)
12:00 PM
Reception and Lunch