Engaging Science, Advancing Learning: General Education, Majors, and the New Global Century

November 6-8 , 2008
Providence, Rhode Island

Online registration now available:

www.aacu.org/meetings/engaging_science/RegInfo.cfm

Early registration -- through October 15, 2008 General conference information found at

www.aacu.org/meetings/engaging_science/

This conference will explore the place and practice of science in college learning for the twenty-first century. Sessions will feature practices that engage students with the power and centrality of science and with the global reach of science and technology in addressing the world's urgent challenges. Participants will work on ways to accelerate hands-on learning in science, both in general education and in majors, especially reforms that put critical inquiry, undergraduate research, and social responsibility at the center of the educational experience.

Opening Keynote
"Envisioning the Place and Practice of Science Education," by James Gentile, President -- Research Corporation

Plenaries
"Teaching and Learning Science: Why Change and How?" Jeanne Narum, Director -- Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)

"Raising the Quality and Level of Science Learning for All Students" Darcy B. Kelley, Co-director, Doctoral Subcommittee in Neurobiology, and Behavior and Professor, Biological Sciences -- Columbia University Linda L. Slakey, Division Director, Division of Undergraduate Education

-- National Science Foundation