Colleagues: Will you please forward this note to physics and
chemistry teachers in your city/town? and TYC faculty -- and
student teachers? Thanks. -- Jane Jackson, ASU Dept. of Physics
November 4, 2016
ASU Modeling Workshops in Physics and Chemistry.
Arizona State University in Tempe offers four Modeling Workshops
(June 5-23 and July 5-18, 2017) and three more courses. All courses
are graduate level in rigor & depth. They are targeted for all high
school physics & chemistry teachers, for two-year-college faculty,
and pre-service teachers.
This STEM program can lead to an interdisciplinary Master of Natural
Science (MNS) degree.
ASU Modeling Instruction and MNS degree programs are designated
Accomplished STEM Programs by Change the Equation, a coalition of
Fortune 500 companies. Modeling Instruction won the 2014 Excellence
in Physics Education award of the American Physical Society.
Apply to ASU after mid-February but before May 10, to avoid an ASU late fee.
Details are at http://modeling.asu.edu/MNS/MNS.html .
Non-degree ASU application is easy & quick! (No transcripts needed).
For help with on-campus or family housing, reply to Jane.Jackson@asu.edu.
FINANCIAL AID:
* Teachers nationwide can apply to reserve a seat for non-credit.
$400 registration fee. CEUs. Priority to teachers who commit to
leadership. Apply online after January 2017.
* Ask local service organizations (Rotary, Kiwanis, etc.) for
financial support: see
http://modeling.asu.edu/MNS/ServiceOrgs-financialHelp.doc
* Arizona high school teachers (in-service & pre-service) can apply
for a 2/3 tuition scholarship.
Apply online after January 2017.
Modeling Workshops nationwide (about 60 in 20 states) are listed at
the AMTA website:
modelinginstruction.org/ .
Each MODELING WORKSHOP has these features:
* aligned with Arizona Science & Math Standards.
* deep content.
* includes study of research publications in physics or chemistry education.
* focuses on all 8 scientific practices of NRC Framework for K-12
Science Education.
* addresses multiple learning styles.
* addresses student naive conceptions.
* collaboration, creativity, communication, and critical thinking.
* systems, models, modeling.
* coherent curriculum framework, but not a curriculum; thus flexible.
* compatible with Socratic methods, project-based instruction,
Cambridge curriculum, PBL, etc.
* science & math literacy.
* authentic assessments.
* high-tech and low-tech options for labs.
Models and theories are the purpose and the outcomes of scientific
practices. They are tools for engineering design and problem solving.
Thus, modeling guides all other practices.