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Join us in DC this March for the 2012 Washington Symposium
The 2012 Washington Symposium and Capitol Hill Poster Session will be held March 11-13. Our program will feature keynote addresses from the hosts of the popular radio program Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, and will link what SENCER community members are accomplishing to best practices recommended by seminal reports published by the National Academies. Participants will have the opportunity to meet with members of their congressional delegations, and to present their posters to representatives of government agencies, educational associations, and disciplinary societies.
New Article on Civic Engagement and Teacher Ed by Leadership Fellow
Sarah Haines, SENCER Leadership Fellow and Associate Professor at Towson University, recently released an article in the Journal for Civic Commitment. Her piece, “Pre-Service EdZoocation: Strengthening Teacher Education with Civic Engagement and Community Partnerships” documents a course for 18 pre-service teachers in their junior year. The course incorporates service-learning activities, and content focuses on biological concepts including living organisms in the environment. Additionally, books including Silent Spring, A Sand County Almanac, and Inside Out: Environmental Science in the Classroom & Field are read and discussed by students. Course assessments demonstrate that students viewed the experience positively. To read the article, please visit http://www.mesacc.edu/other/engagement/Journal/Issue17-Fall/haines--final.pdf.
New Resource on Cognitive Science Available from APA
A new publication from the American Psychological Association examines the practical implications of our insights into cognitive development for children in the classroom. In The Journey From Child to Scientist: Integrating Cognitive Development and the Education Sciences, authors discuss such wide-ranging ideas as the evolution of "folk science" in young children and the mechanisms that underlie mathematical understanding, mental models used by children in classroom activities, and the emerging field of educational neuroscience. Edited by Sharon M. Carver and Jeff Shrager, the volume includes chapters by, among others, Richard Duschl, David Klahr, David C. Geary, and Rochel Gelman. For more details and to place an order, please visit www.apa.org/pubs/books.
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March 11-13, 2012
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