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Lisa Hunter Associate Director, Education & Human Resources (EHR) Center for Adaptive Optics

2004 CfAO Professional Development Workshop “Connecting Science Education Theory and Practice” Introduction. Lisa Hunter Associate Director, Education & Human Resources (EHR) Center for Adaptive Optics May 16, 2004. Center for Adaptive Optics.

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Lisa Hunter Associate Director, Education & Human Resources (EHR) Center for Adaptive Optics

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  1. 2004 CfAO Professional Development Workshop“Connecting Science Education Theory and Practice”Introduction Lisa Hunter Associate Director, Education & Human Resources (EHR) Center for Adaptive Optics May 16, 2004

  2. Center for Adaptive Optics • NSF Science and Technology Center. 1 of 5 funded in 1999, at $4million/yr for 5 years. Renewed until 2009. • Headquarters at UC Santa Cruz • Director: Jerry Nelson • Deputy Director: Claire Max • 11 university nodes • Over 40 partner institutions (research, education, gov., industry) • Integrates research and education into four major themes • EHR • AO for ELT’s • ExAO • Vision Science Instrumentation ASTRONOMY EDUCATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY With AO Without AO VISION SCIENCE Images of single cells in the living human retina

  3. CfAO Education & Human Resources Stars, Sight and Science Internships Short Courses Hawaii Partnerships Education 286 Professional Development Workshop Mini-Grants

  4. CfAO Hawaii Partnerships • Akamai Internship Program • Partnership between CfAO, Maui Community College (MCC), Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB), the Air Force Maui Optical and Supercomputing Site (AMOS), and industry/observatories in Hawaii • Places Maui students at Maui high tech organizations • Highlighted in our Maui High Tech Industry Education Exchange (Weds.)

  5. Inquiry: At the core of CfAO EHR • Mirrors research • Involves students in investigative learning • Students learn content and process skills • CfAO incorporates an inquiry component into all programs • During this workshop we focus on inquiry

  6. (return in new role) “Teaching Labs” for inquiry-based teaching • You gain: • Tools • Resources • Skills • Community You are here Professional Development Workshop Inquiry: How - Why -When Major CfAO Educational Programs Broader access to CfAO fields • Internships: • Short Courses • Research Saturday Open Labs Univ. & CC students COSMOS: Stars, Sight and Science High school students

  7. Why Inquiry? • What research tells us about how people learn • Doris Ash • Connections between informal and formal education • Sally Duensing • How inquiry is aligned with theory • Candice Brown • Other reasons why we focus on inquiry • Barry Kluger-Bell

  8. Major CfAO Educational Programs Broader access to CfAO fields (return in new role) “Teaching Labs” for inquiry-based teaching • You gain: • Tools • Resources • Skills • Community You are here Professional Development Workshop Inquiry: How - Why -When • Internships: • Short Courses • Research Saturday Open Labs Univ. & CC students COSMOS: Stars, Sight and Science High school students

  9. What we hope you will get at this workshop • The experience of learning through inquiry • An understanding of the structure of inquiry • An awareness of educational research and theory on how people learn • Experience designing an inquiry activity • Involvement in CfAO Hawaii partnership activities • An expanded community that includes education

  10. What we hope you will do after the workshop • Incorporate inquiry into your teaching (lots of CfAO opportunities!) • Be reflective about your teaching • Connect education research and theory to your own teaching practice • As the next generation of faculty members, become leaders in science education

  11. Participant Introductions • Name • Affiliation • Position • Why you are here - what you hope to gain • Returning: what you have gained in the past • Something about yourself that is outside of work (e.g. sports, music, hobbies, etc.)

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