2nd Life Discovery-Doing Science Education Conference October 3-4, 2014 San José State University, San José CA
www.esa.org/ldc The science of biology is changing rapidly. Biology educators play a critical role in laying the groundwork of understanding for a new generation of scientists and informed citizens. Build the momentum in Realizing Vision and Change, Preparing for Next Generation Biology with your innovative ideas, provocative questions, and mindful solutions. Instructors, researchers, curriculum developers, technology experts and department leaders are all vitally needed in this project and welcome! KEYNOTE PANEL To launch the discussion, we have two speakers confirmed for our Opening Keynote Panel: - Dr. Janet Carlson, Executive Director of the Center to Support Excellence in Teaching (CSET) in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University - Dr. Susan Singer, Division Director of the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation SESSION FORMATS We invite your proposals to share ideas that are suitable, scalable, and adaptable to secondary and post-secondary levels of education in addressing the objectives of both the K12 Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and the Vision and Change for Undergraduate Biology Education (V&C). All presenters are strongly encouraged to publish your teaching ideas in the LifeDiscoveryEd Digital Library as a record of conference proceedings. - Short Presentation (30 mins) DEADLINE EXTENDED 2/28/2014 - Education Share Fair Roundtables (45 mins) deadline 3/15/2014 For detailed information about the session formats, session themes and tracks, please visit www.esa.org/ldc. SPONSOR AND EXHIBITOR OPPORTUNITIES http://www.esa.org/ldc/2014-ldc-conference/sponsors-exhibitors/ Questions? Contact l...@esa.org ORGANIZERS The Life Discovery - Doing Science Education Conference is a collaborative initiative among: Ecological Society of America,Botanical Society of America, Society for the Study of Evolution and Society for Economic Botany The LDC Program Committee thanks our 2014 Conference Collaborators for their support. ***************** Teresa Mourad Director, Education and Diversity Programs Ecological Society of America
