Ed Events at ESA 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
8:00 AM-5:00 PM: WK 5. Quantitative Approaches in Ecological Research and Education Using R
8:30 AM-4:30 PM: WK 9. Innovative Teaching and Active Learning: Principles, Practice, and Materials
9:00 AM-4:30 PM: WK 11. An Educational Simulation Tool for Negotiating Sustainable Natural Resource Management Strategies among Social Actors with Conflicting Interests
9:00 AM-5:00 PM: WK 14 Using Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQCs) to Improve Introductory Biology Teaching
12:30 PM-4:30 PM: WK 16. Toward learner-centered soil ecology education: Integrating research and experiential activities into teaching soils
1:30 PM-4:30 PM: WK 19. Ecology Education in Religious Organizations: Advancing Ecological Literacy and Environmental Justice
Monday, August 4, 200810:15 AM-11:30 AM: SS 5. Student Diversity: Trail Blazers in Transforming the Culture of Ecology
10:15 AM-11:30 AM: SS 3. Student Ecological Research on K-12 School Grounds
11:30 AM-1:15 PM: WK 20. Introduction to TIEE (Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology): A Peer-Reviewed Electronic Publication Designed to Help Ecology Faculty Teach Better
11:30 AM-1:15 PM: WK 22. The Art of Mentoring: How to get out of your niche
1:30 PM-5:00 PM: SYMP 1. Why Is Ecology Hard To Learn: K-16 Through Graduate Students
1:30 PM-5:00 PM: OOS 1. Investigating Your Own Teaching:�Ecology Faculty as Research Practitioners
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 10. International Polar Year: Research and�Educational Opportunities in Antarctica for Minorities (IPY-ROAM)
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 8. Pedagogical Frameworks for Teaching Inquiry in Middle and High School Classrooms: Lessons from GK12
Tuesday, August 5, 20088:00 AM-11:30 AM: OOS 6. Integrating Modern Instrumentation Into Undergraduate Ecology Education: Case Studies and Strategies
8:00 AM-11:30 AM: SYMP 4. Ecology education and outreach programs at North American Field Stations: Natural resource islands to improve ecological literacy and outdoor learning experiences for a K-20+ urbanized society
11:30 AM-1:15 PM: WK 28. Extending Your Research into Policy and Adult Education: Two for the Price of One
11:30 AM-1:15 PM: WK 29. How to Write a Scientific Publication
11:30 AM-1:15 PM: WK 27. Writing a 'teaching philosophy' statement: models and suggestions
1:30 PM-5:00 PM: OOS 9. Ecological Literacy in Public Audiences: Building upon successful strategies and defining the research agenda
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 16. How to Get and Keep a Job at a Small College
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 13. Ecological Literacy in Public Audiences: Building upon Successful Strategies and Defining the Research Agenda
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 17. Linking Research and Education in and beyond Our National Parks
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 14. NSF Undergraduate Education Session
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 15. Projects Linking Science Research and the Community - Examples and Ideas
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: WK 30. Encyclopedia of Earth: A New Publishing Model for Outreach by Ecologists
Wednesday, August 6, 20088:00 AM-11:30 AM: SYMP 12. Ecological Literacy for All
8:00 AM-11:30 AM: OOS 14. Ecological Education Furthering Environmental Justice
1:30 PM-5:00 PM: OOS 17. Training Biology Teachers in Ecological Research
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 21. "No Child Left Indoors": An Action Plan for Future Involvement by ESA Members
8:00 PM-10:00 PM: SS 20. Phenology as a Tool to Enhance Ecological Understanding through Integration of Research and Education
Thursday, August 7, 20088:00 AM-11:30 AM: SYMP 18.. Citizen Science in Ecology: the Intersection of Research and Education
1:30 PM-5:00 PM: SYMP 20. Using Urban Ecological Research as a Tool for Enhancing Ecological Literacy
11:30 AM-1:15 PM: WK 34. Learn how to publish in EcoEd DL, ESA's digital teaching library
11:30 AM-1:15 PM: WK 32. Promoting Ecological Literacy in Public Audiences: Building upon Successful Strategies Using a Citizen Science Approach
Friday, August 8, 20088:00 AM-11:30 AM: SYMP 24. Research and education about ecosystem functioning: Linking perspectives from ecology, social sciences, and the humanities
8:00 AM-11:30 AM: OOS 23. Mentoring Future Ecologists at Small Liberal Arts Colleges Through Research