Science Education at the Crossroads

2009 Proceedings

 

Previous conference proceedings and other relevant Crossroads presentations are available in our reference library. Papers accepted and formatted for the 2009 conference are listed below, and the preview of the full Proceedings is available for download as well. (A full printed copy of the Proceedings is mailed to all conference presenters in advance of the conference, so conference participants should not need to print these out.)

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Individual papers:

Author & title

Teaching Psychology Students to Think like Psychologists
Eric Amsel
Weber State University

One Size Fits None?
Kip Ault
Lewis & Clark College
What Does GREEN Really Mean?
Meena Balgopal
Colorado State University
Fostering Ecologically Valid Clarity about What Counts as “Scientific Literacy”
Philip Bell
University of Washington
Knowledge as Practice: Building an Epistemic Culture of Science Teaching
Melissa Braaten
University of Washington
But I’m A Practitioner!
Francis S. Broadway
The University of Akron

Building a Sustainable Infrastructure for Field Experiences in a Test-Centered School
Michelle Brown
O.Henry Middle School, Austin, TX

Putting Content in a Can — aka: Creating a Model Science Curriculum
Mary Anne Butler
Connecticut State Dept of Education

Disrupting Pipeline Ideology by Embracing Hybridity: A Plan for an Out-Of-School Science Program
Heidi Carlone
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Getting Science Teacher Candidates to Get Along
Nate Carnes
University of South Carolina
Exploration into the STEM Pipeline: To Understand and Move to Expand
Andy Cavagnetto
Binghamton University – SUNY

Access to Science: Home Visits that Connect Students’ Science Lives at Home with their Science Lives at School
Amy Cox-Petersen
Cal State Fullerton

Experiencing Reflection IN Action
Mark Enfield
Elon (NC) University
Artifact-Centered Discussions and Online Pedagogical Mentoring: Flickr for Lesson Plans
Eric Eslinger
University of Delaware

Negotiating Social Capital at the Intersection of
University / School District Partnerships

Steve Fletcher
St. Edward’s University, Austin, TX

Influence and Interpretation of Context in Complex Learning Environments
Larry Flick
Oregon State University
Developing a Model of Science for Young Children: Connecting the Early Childhood and Science Education Communities
Andrew Gilbert
Kent State University

Towards a Grand Unified Theory for Science Equity
Angela Johnson
St. Mary's College, Maryland

A Reinvestment in Campus Culture and Professional Learning
Adam Johnston
Weber State University
Science Educator Power and Responsibility
Jim Kisiel
California State University, Long Beach
Building Capacity for Elementary Science Teacher Education
Julie Kittleson
University of Georgia
Science Education Policy, Science Education Research: Got Juice?
Sharon Lynch
The George Washington University
Science Education Policy for the “Young” at Heart
Lisa Marriott
Oregon Health & Science University; Portland, Oregon
The Journey Continues
Juanita Jo Matkins
College of William and Mary

“This is What I Mean by Inquiry...”: Building Teachers’ Social Capital through Participatory Research
Scott McDonald
The Pennsylvania State University

Networking Support for New Science Teachers
Lee Meadows
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Initiating Intellectual Dialog in a Diverse Faculty
Patricia Morrell
University of Portland
Bringing Transcendence into the Classroom: Revisioning the Scope of Science Instruction
Eric A. Olson
SUNY – Oswego
Race Again: Making it Concrete for Consideration
Eileen Carlton Parsons
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Social Capital (In)Action: A Scholarly Recession
Terri Patchen
California State University, Fullerton
Sustaining Hope in the Struggle for Love and Justice
Maria S. Rivera Maulucci
Barnard College, Columbia University
To Develop an Interconnected Community of Exemplary Urban Science Teachers
Donna Ross
San Diego State University
Standards and Testing as Constraints and Affordances
Al Schademan
California State University, Chico
Crafting a Research Grant to Study the Influence of Elementary Science Specialists
John Settlage
University of Connecticut

From Rhetoric to Reality:
Applying Critical Science Education Precepts to Classroom Assessment of Student Learning

Jerome Shaw
University of California, Santa Cruz

Building Truly Collaborative University-School Relationships
Lara Smetana
Southern Connecticut State University

“We’re just trying to improve the quality of STEM education!”: The Structures Imposed by University Politics and the Bottom Line
Leigh Smith
Brigham Young University

My Foot in the Door: Can I Hold it Open for Someone Else?
Matthew T. Smith
Salt Lake Center for Science Education
Grappling with Assumptions about Student-Directed Participant Structures
Dennis W. Smithenry
Elmhurst College
Beyond the Political, but Toward True Meaning Making
Sherry Southerland
Florida State University

Little Brother Jumping on MY Bed: Engaging Children in Science through “Personal Science”
Bhaskar Upadhyay
University of Minnesota

Experiencing Meaningful Learning
Carmina Villariba-Tolentino
Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation, Philippines
Restructuring Elementary Science Education within Alternative Preparation Programs
Brian Williams
Georgia State University
Research Matters to the Science Teacher – or Does It?
Carla Zembal-Saul
Penn State University