STEM Ed Announcement: Introducing Undergraduate STEM Majors to Teaching

[Morton Sternheim <mort@k12s.phast.umass.edu>]

This is not a UMass Amherst program.
Contact information is below.
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Boston University School of Education Presents:
Introducing Undergraduate STEM Majors to Teaching
Thursday, April 15, 11 AM -- 12 PM at the Boston University School of
Management, 595 Commonwealth Avenue, Room 426
http://www.bu.edu/sed/2010/03/31/introducing-undergraduate-stem-majors-to-teaching/

This will be a discussion of the UTeach and the Learning Assistant
Program by principals in their development.

Professor Michael Marder of the University of Texas at Austin will
present about the UTeach Program which prepares STEM majors to graduate
with teaching licensure. UTeach is being replicated at multiple
institutions around the country, and is cited by President Obama in his
speeches as an example of a successful program to improve national STEM
education by preparing better teachers.

Professor Noah Finkelstein of the University of Colorado at Boulder will
present about the Learning Assistant (LA) Program. The LA Program
prepares and supports undergraduates as learning assistants in
undergraduate STEM courses. The outcome is improved learning by
undergraduates in these courses, and the realization by many LAs that
they enjoy teaching and would like to pursue it as a career.

 You are invited to attend the public presentation by Professors Marder
and Finkelstein, and interact with them in a question and answer period.