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BRYN MAWR COLLEGE SUMMER INSTITUTES FOR K-12 TEACHERS 1990-2007 A component of Bryn Mawr/Haverford K-16 Collaborations in Science and Mathematics Education

Sponsored by Bryn Mawr College and the College's Center for Science in Society under grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1990-2002, 2004-2008) and the National Science Foundation (2003)

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NEW: Summer 2007
June 25 - June 29	Virtual Thinking: Explorations into the Role of Computing in Education
July 9 - July 20	Brain and Behavior: Implications for K-12 Education
July 24 - August 4	Science and a Sense of Place: Locating Ourselves in the World
Click on titles above for information about each institute, including links for application forms and instructions. General information about the summer institute program is provided below, and includes materials from past institutes similar to those planned for this summer. NOTE that our new Virtual Thinking Institute runs for one week rather than two weeks and takes place at Haverford rather than Bryn Mawr College. Applicants interested in more than one institute should complete separate applications for each institute to which they want to apply.

A series of summer institutes that bring together college faculty and precollege teachers. Institutes meet five days a week from 9 am to 4 pm at at Bryn Mawr College or Haverford College. Bryn Mawr and Haverford faculty and K-12 educators share perspectives on how to enhance science and mathematics education throughout the curriculum and at all levels of the educational enterprise. Among the major themes of the Institutes are

• the theory and practice of a discovery-based approach to education
• bridging the disciplinary gap between science/mathematics and other areas of the curriculum
• valuing and making use of classroom diversity
• acquiring skill in and exploring productive use of information technology
• developing effective collaborations between K-12 and college/university educators

Institute participants receive a stipend and development grant to implement and report on curriculum changes resulting from the Institute experience. Interested teachers may apply to one or more Institutes. Additional information about particular institutes is available from the links above.

Members of the Summer Institute "Brain and Behavior", led by Paul Grobstein (click to enlarge)

Members of the Summer Institute "Science and a Sense of Place", led by Anne Dalke and Wil Franklin (click to enlarge)

General information:

• List of participating teachers 1990-present
• News article about the program, 2002
• New article about the program, 2005
• K-16 Collaborations, minisymposium report 2003
• K-16 Collaborations, minisymposium report 2005
• Selected academic year activities

Past institutes have included:

• 2006 - Brain and Behavior: Implications for K-12 Education
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• 2006 - Science and a Sense of Place
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• 2005 - Brain and Behavior: Implications for K-12 Education
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• 2005 - Making Sense of Change: Hands On Science Throughout the Curriculum
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• 2003 - Brain and Behavior: Implications for K-12 Education
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• 2003 - Bridging Cultures in K-12 Education: Exploration and Emergence
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• 2002 - Brain and Behavior
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• 2002 - Bridging Cultures: Science and Inquiry Throughout the Curriculm
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• 2001 - Science as Exploration: Developing Inquiry-Based Methods
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• 2001 - Brain and Behavior
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• 2000 - Computers, Chaos, Robots, and Artificial Intelligence
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• 2000 - Diversity and Discovery: Science and Inquiry Throughout the Curriculum
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• 2000 - Brain and Behavior
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For more information: http://serendipstudio.org/local/suminst/

Paul Grobstein
Department of Biology
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010
610 526-5098
FAX: 610 526-5086
pgrobste@brynmawr.edu

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