[neact] Fwd: STEM Education Institute Announcement


Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:12:14 -0400
From: Stem Account <stem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: kwbrody@xxxxxxx
Subject: STEM Education Institute Announcement


The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education Institute
presents:

Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 4 PM
Hasbrouck Lab, Room 138, University of Massachusetts Amherst

"BIO 2010: A Roadmap for Curriculum Redesign in the Life Sciences"

Elizabeth A Connor
Dept. of Biology, University of Massachusetts

The National Academies recently provided guidelines for the training of
life science students in a report, "SBIO 2010: Transforming Undergraduate
Education for Future Research Biologists."   We, at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst, have begun a process of curriculum reform in
the biological sciences that implement BIO 2010 recommendations. Our
approach is to integrate the applicable principles of physics, chemistry,
mathematics, and bioinformatics into the biology curriculum in both the
classroom and laboratory setting. The long range goal is to achieve a
fundamental and lasting redesign of our biological science curriculum
that will better prepare our biological science students for careers in
21st century biomedical research that require interdisciplinary and
quantitative skills.  To date, we have designed four new integrated
introductory laboratory courses taught by teams of instructors from
biology and the physical sciences. Two of these courses have been
implemented and two are in design.

The program begins at 4 PM; refreshments at 3:45 PM.
Parking available at the Campus Center Garage.
For more information, contact STEM Ed Institute at 545-0453

Next talk:  April 8, 2008, Hanna J. Arzi, Science Education Independent
Researcher-Consultant, Tel Aviv, Israel,  "Insights from a 17-Year
Longitudinal Study of Change in Science Teachers' Knowledge of Science"
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