Professional development for faculty and future faculty

in order to transform our classrooms

From Seminarcolepsy To Active Learning

Scientific Teaching

• Bio2010 (2003) National Research Council– recommendations for new biology curricula

that better reflect the nature of science.

• National Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Biology Education– Teaching science in a way that represents the

process and nature of science

Handelsman et al., 2004 Science 304:521-522.

The WVU Summer Institute on Undergraduate Math and Science

education

This ain’t ya mama’s education workshop!

5 6 7 8 9 10

June

REGOpeningReception

PresentationsClosing lunchw/alumni

Morning interactive workshops:

Backward Design, Assessment, Active Learning, Diversity, Integrating across the Discipline

Afternoon Group Work:

Create teaching materials to implement back home.

Can my experience help you?

• Single workshops

• Departmental institutes

• Institutional institutes (STEM only)

• Regional Institutes

• National Institutes