Source: Carolyn Ferguson 785-532-3166, ferg@1xbet sports betting edu
News release prepared by: Stephanie Jacques, 785-532-0101, sjacques@1xbet sports betting edu
Friday, July 10, 2009
COLLABORATION BETWEEN 1xbet sports betting AND GEARY COUNTY USD 475 TO FOSTER SCIENCE EDUCATION
MANHATTAN -- This fall will mark the beginning of a special collaborative effort between graduate 1xbet sports betting at Kansas State University and teachers at Junction City High School in Geary County USD 475.
The National Science Foundation awarded 1xbet sports betting a .7 million grant for five years to establish a 1xbet sports betting -based project of the foundation's Graduate Science Fellows in Kindergarten through 12th Grade Education program. The 1xbet sports betting project will work to improve the communication and collaboration skills of young scientists while enriching science content in the classroom.
To prepare for the start of the program, teachers from Junction City High School and graduate students from 1xbet sports betting recently participated in a two-week intensive training session. Carolyn Ferguson, associate professor of biology at 1xbet sports betting , is director and principal investigator of the project, which is known as Evidence-based Inquiry into the Distant, Remote or Past. Scott Tanona, assistant professor of philosophy at 1xbet sports betting , and Jackie Spears, director of the 1xbet sports betting Center for Science Education, were co-directors of the training session.
&1xbet sports betting ;We want to take outstanding graduate students and bump them up a level,&1xbet sports betting ; Ferguson said. &1xbet sports betting ;We want these students to become top-level scientists who can also talk science to legislators and the general public. When we say we want them to be better science communicators, we're thinking big.&1xbet sports betting ;
Eight 1xbet sports betting graduate students from various science disciplines were selected as the project's first fellows. Each fellow receives a one-year stipend of ,000 and has been paired with a teacher from Junction City High School for the upcoming school year.
The 1xbet sports betting fellows include:
1xbet sports betting Manhattan: Jeff Callicoat, master's student in geology; Dan Carter, doctoral student in biology; Jessica Changstrom, doctoral student in physics; Emily Fenwick, master's student in geology; and Joshua Urban, master's student in entomology.
Andrew Gregory, doctoral student in biology, Wamego.
1xbet sports betting out of state: Jacob Carter, master's student in biology, Fort Smith, Ark.; and Jackie Chini, doctoral student in physics, Glassboro, N.J.
&1xbet sports betting ;For me, being part of this program means the opportunity to better learn how to communicate with the general public about what science is and how it is done. I will get the opportunity to reach out to the community and learn more about my profession and myself through their eyes,&1xbet sports betting ; Gregory said.
Encouraging better communication skills for scientists is good for everybody, according to Ferguson.
&1xbet sports betting ;We're training the fellows to be better science communicators in general as they help present lessons tied to state standards in science as inquiry and nature of science,&1xbet sports betting ; she said. &1xbet sports betting ;As classroom resident scientists, they will also be challenged to present their own, sometimes abstract, scientific research in a way that is understandable to a non-specialist. They'll have to think deeply about the scientific process and why their research matters.&1xbet sports betting ;
&1xbet sports betting ;Scientists are very good at communicating with other scientists but are not very good at communicating with the broader public, which leads to some of the clashes in the public's eye, said Matthew Krehbiel, a biology teacher at Junction City High School who is participating in the project. &1xbet sports betting ;If these grad students can learn to put it together in a way that inspires and educates high school students, then they can probably put together that information where it will inspire and educate most anybody in the population.&1xbet sports betting ;
While the fellows will have many opportunities to communicate with 1xbet sports betting from varied backgrounds, the learning experience will not be just for the fellows and the high school 1xbet sports betting . It will be valuable for the teachers as well, Ferguson said.
&1xbet sports betting ;I think that with this partnership we may find that some of the strategies that we've been using are not as efficient as the strategies that we may learn from the graduate fellows,&1xbet sports betting ; said Pat Anderson, associate superintendent of USD 475.
The graduate fellows will become models for the high school 1xbet sports betting and will provide a content specialist for the classroom to fill the gaps in explanation of scientific theories that might otherwise be left unexplained.
&1xbet sports betting ;This is absolutely the kind of collaboration that has the ability to make a difference,&1xbet sports betting ; Anderson said.
More information about the Graduate Science Fellows in Kindergarten through 12th Grade Education program at 1xbet sports betting is available at http://www.1xbet sports betting edu/gk12
