Transcript ppt - Center for Adaptive Optics

2004 CfAO Professional Development Workshop
“Connecting Science Education
Theory and Practice”
Introduction
Lisa Hunter
Associate Director, Education & Human Resources
(EHR)
Center for Adaptive Optics
May 16, 2004
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Center for Adaptive Optics
• NSF Science and Technology Center.
1 of 5 funded in 1999, at $4million/yr
for 5 years. Renewed until 2009.
• Headquarters at UC Santa Cruz
– Director: Jerry Nelson
– Deputy Director: Claire Max
ASTRONOMY
EDUCATION
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
• 11 university nodes
– Over 40 partner institutions
(research, education, gov., industry)
• Integrates research and education into
four major themes
• EHR
• AO for ELT’s
• ExAO
• Vision Science Instrumentation
Without AO
VISION
SCIENCE
With AO
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Images of single cells in the living human retina
CfAO Education & Human Resources
Stars, Sight and Science
Hawaii Partnerships
Internships
Education 286
Mini-Grants
Short Courses
Professional
Development
Workshop
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CfAO Hawaii Partnerships
• Akamai Internship Program
– Partnership between CfAO, Maui Community College
(MCC), Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), the
Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site
(AMOS), and industry/observatories in Hawaii
– Places Maui students at Maui high tech organizations
– Highlighted in our Maui High Tech Industry Education
Exchange (Weds.)
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Inquiry: At the core of CfAO EHR
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Mirrors research
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Involves students in investigative
learning
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Students learn content and
process skills
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CfAO incorporates an inquiry
component into all programs
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During this workshop we focus on
inquiry
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Major CfAO Educational Programs
Broader access
to CfAO fields
(return in
new role)
You
are
here
Professional
Development
Workshop
Inquiry:
How - Why When
“Teaching Labs” for
inquiry-based teaching
Internships:
• Short Courses
• Research
You gain:
• Tools
• Resources
• Skills
• Community
Saturday Open Labs
Univ. & CC students
COSMOS:
High school students
Stars, Sight and Science
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Why Inquiry?
• What research tells us about how people learn
– Doris Ash
• Connections between informal and formal education
– Sally Duensing
• How inquiry is aligned with theory
– Candice Brown
• Other reasons why we focus on inquiry
– Barry Kluger-Bell
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Major CfAO Educational Programs
Broader access
to CfAO fields
(return in
new role)
You
are
here
Professional
Development
Workshop
Inquiry:
How - Why When
“Teaching Labs” for
inquiry-based teaching
Internships:
• Short Courses
• Research
You gain:
• Tools
• Resources
• Skills
• Community
Saturday Open Labs
Univ. & CC students
COSMOS:
High school students
Stars, Sight and Science
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What we hope you will get at this
workshop
• The experience of learning through inquiry
• An understanding of the structure of inquiry
• An awareness of educational research and theory on how
people learn
• Experience designing an inquiry activity
• Involvement in CfAO Hawaii partnership activities
• An expanded community that includes education
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What we hope you will do after the
workshop
• Incorporate inquiry into your teaching (lots of CfAO
opportunities!)
• Be reflective about your teaching
• Connect education research and theory to your own
teaching practice
• As the next generation of faculty members, become leaders
in science education
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Participant Introductions
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Name
Affiliation
Position
Why you are here - what you hope to gain
– Returning: what you have gained in the past
• Something about yourself that is outside of work (e.g.
sports, music, hobbies, etc.)
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