FINESSE
the Faculty Institutes in Earth and Space Science Education
for Community College and University Faculty instructing future teachers
Was held at the ASTE Conference on January 6-7, 2009
Agenda
FINESSE essential question 1: How can pre-service teachers be engaged in authentic inquiry activities using genuine Earth and space data?
- What are the impediments in implementing inquiry-based science instruction?
- What pedagogical advantages does inquiry-based instruction provide?
- How can conceptual understanding, gained through inquiry instruction, be assessed?
- What is necessary for me to implement inquiry instruction using Earth and space data?
Essential question 2: How do we know what we know about our Solar System?
| Day 1, January 6, 2009 | Day 2, January 7, 2009 |
8 am Breakfast, Opening, Essential Question 8:30 am Carousel of Prior Knowledge: Before and After Galileo 9 am Dr. Sam Kounaves presentation on latest Mars research (http://chem.tufts.edu/faculty/kounaves/ ) 10 am Break 10:15 am Inquiry in Action, Using Galilean Moon Orbits 11:15 am Case Studies of Inquiry 12:30 pm Lunch 1:30 pm Inquiry Unpacked 3 pm Break 3:15 pm Locating Useable NASA Data 4:45 pm Review and Discussion; Begin Action Plans |
8 am Breakfast, Discussion, Action Plans 10:45 am Break 11 am Sharing and Creating Assessment for Inquiry 12 pm Lunch 1 pm Other NASA Resources 2 pm Best Practices 2:45 pm Break 3 pm Action Planning II 4 pm Present Action Plan 4:30 pm Network Planning |
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Discover the Universe with NASA during 2009, the International Year of Astronomy |
FINESSE Team for ASTE January 6-7, 2009
Rick Pomeroy, Lecturer/Supervisor,
Science Teacher Education,
School of Education,
University of California, Davis
Greg Schultz,
Education/Outreach Scientist and Teacher Educator,
UC-Berkeley,
Center for Science Education
Stephanie Shipp,
Manager, Education and Public Outreach,
Lunar and Planetary Institute
Timothy F. Slater,
Excellence in Higher Education Endowed Professor,
Cognition in Astronomy, Physics, and Earth sciences
Research (CAPER) Team, University of Wyoming
Debra Stork,
Assistant Professor of Education,
Science Education,
University of Dubuque
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