Donna Governor was recently elected as the Preservice Teacher Preparation Division Director of the National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), “the largest organization in the world committed to promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning.” NSTA currently has 50,000 members, including science teachers and supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others. Congratulations, Donna, and go change the world!
Governor was awarded the David P. Butts Outstanding Alumni award from the Science Education department at the University of Georgia (UGA). Her dissertation chair, David Jackson, presented her with the award at a gathering of science education faculty and current graduate students at UGA.
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Our team had such a great time working with Georgia teachers this past week to share the MEL/baMEL resources with educators.
It is always exciting to hear how teachers envision their students using the MEL activities in their own classrooms.
Our very own SLRG team member Dr. Donna Governor published new book “Staging Family Science Nights” now available on the NSTA science store. The book serves as an accessible handbook designed for helping you to create an informal learning environment that will generate enthusiasm and enjoyment of science among the entire family. The book’s first section—“Producing the Event”—devotes eight chapters to planning, recruiting volunteers (including students), setting up, last-minute troubleshooting, and injecting pizazz. The four chapters in the second section—“On the Stage”—offer guidance and templates for activities at the novice, intermediate, and advanced levels. Activities include “Balancing Bugs,” “Bubble Olympics,” and “Creating Color Slime.”
Congratulations to SLRG members Shondricka Burrell and Reed Kendall who will be representing the graduate and undergraduate classes, respectively, as the 2019 Temple College of Education Graduation speakers! Their speeches will feature views on how educators should be agents of growth in their communities. We can hardly wait to hear your speeches!
Timothy G. Klavon, graduate research assistant in SLRG, has been selected for the 2019 Sandra K. Abell Institute. Selection is highly competitive and many congratulations to Tim!
The Sandra K. Abell Institute is a prestigious event for promising doctoral students in the discipline of science education research and recognizes the importance of investing in these talented individuals. Tim joins a select group of doctoral students and science education scholars that have participated over the last decade.
The 2019 Institute will be held at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN.
Check out Doug Lombardi’s article about scientific thinking, recently published in APA Science Directorate’s Psychological Science Agenda
…but, how do we do it?
Check out this awesome @TEDTalks video featuring noted Climate Scientist and Climate Science Spokesperson, Katharine Heyhoe (@KHayhoe)
Congratulations to Ananya Matewos on the publication of her new article on makerspaces, which are an increasingly popular way to promote design-based learning. The full article is available for download because it was published in the open-access International Journal of STEM Education. To access the article, click here.
Congratulations to Jess McLaughlin on her poster on the use of citizen science as a way to support inclusive education in college level geoscience classes at the 130th annual Geological Society of America meeting this November. While the poster was not related to work with SLRG, we wanted to take this opportunity to highlight the disciplinary diversity of our group!