From: Linda Shore (lindas@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 21 2004 - 15:36:29 PDT
Message-Id: <a05010400bcfd134237be@[192.168.111.115]> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2004 15:36:29 -0700 From: Linda Shore <lindas@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Opportunity For Biology Teachers
>>This request for biology teacher participants might be of interest to
>>some of the teachers that attend the exploratorium's workshops &
>>relevant mailing lists. Please forward this email as you see fit.
>>
>>I'm writing to solicit your help in recruiting research participants
>>for study being conducted by SRI International and funded by the
>>National Science Foundation Teacher Professional Continuum Program.
>>The focus of the study is understanding biology teachers'
>>instructional decision making and reasoning strategies.
>>
>>We are recruiting 80 current and former high school biology teachers
>>in the San Francisco Bay Area. Participation in the study involves 1
>>session lasting approximately 60 to 90 minutes in the summer or fall
>>of 2004. Participants will be given a fictional teaching scenario
>>along with instructional materials and data samples (such as lesson
>>plans, student work, assessment data) and asked to reason aloud about
>>instructional decisions they would make. All participants will be paid
>>$75 in the form of a gift certificate to Target and Amazon.com.
>>
>>I'd like to ask your help in contacting teachers who might be
>>interested in participating. We are recruiting research participants
>>with three different profiles:
>>
>> 1. Experienced biology teachers with 7 or more years of experience
>>and a single-subject teaching certificate in life science/biology
>> 2. Novice biology teachers with 2-4 years of experience and a
>>single-subject teaching certificate in life science/biology
>> 3. Master biology teachers who are currently teaching at the high
>>school level or former classroom teachers who are now teacher
>>education faculty, curriculum specialists, staff developers, or other
>>science education occupations.
>>
>>We are particularly interested in recruiting teachers who have:
>>
>> * Completed (or are sitting for) National Board Certification in
>>science.
>> * Participated in collaborative professional practices, such as
>>Lesson Study or group assessment of student work.
>> * Participated in an NSF- or State-funded science professional
>>development program.
>> * Moved into science teaching from another science-related career.
>>
>>If you know anyone who fits these profiles or if you know a group or
>>organization we should talk to, please send their contact information
>>to Jeff Huang at bioteach-recruit@ctl.sri.com or forward this email to
>>them.
>>
>>Candidates must contact us by July 2, 2004 to be eligible to
participate in the study.
--Linda S. Shore, Ed.D. Director, Exploratorium Teacher Institute 3601 Lyon Street San Francisco, CA 94123 Phone: (415) 561-0313 Fax: (415) 561-0307
"It's not as complicated as you think."
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