[Ecoed] Seeking faculty teaching introductory biology and ecology

[Charlene D'Avanzo]

Participate in NSF funded project to improve 
general biology and ecology teaching

We are looking for faculty who teach 
biology/ecology at the introductory level and 
wish to: 1) help students improve their 
conceptual understanding of biology and ecology, 
2) identify students' naïve ideas and poor 
thinking at the onset of a course - and track 
their progress at the end, 3) use a set of 
research-based questions for discussion and exams 
that reveal students' common 
biological/ecological misconceptions, 4) use 
student-active approaches to help students better 
understand central ideas in biology/ecology and 
5) work with colleagues  teaching similar courses 
on all of this.  With support from NSF a team of 
faculty and educators will give a one day 
workshop on August 3 at the 2008 ESA meeting in 
Milwaukee.  Faculty will receive a stipend, 
travel funds, and help during the academic year. 
They must teach the class in 2008 and 2009 and be 
able to revise it. If you are interested, contact 
Charlene D'Avanzo (cdavanzo at hampshire.edu).

-- 
Charlene

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Charlene D'Avanzo
Professor of Ecology 
Director, Center for Teaching & Learning
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA 01002

Voice 413-5595569
FAX 413-5595448
Email - cdavanzo at hampshire.edu

website: http://helios.hampshire.edu/~cdNS/
Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE):
     tiee.ecoed.net/
Course website: http://ns.hampshire.edu/ns207/

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