Training the next generation of renaissance scientists: The GK-12 ecologists, educators, and schools program at the University of Montana

BioScience

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 466-476

  McBride, Baldauf Brooke ^a   Brewer, Carol A ^a   Bricker, Mary ^a   MacHura, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

education; graduate training; NSF GK 12; professional development; teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958863755     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/bio.2011.61.6.9     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Austin AE. 2002. Preparing the next generation of faculty: Graduate school as socialization to the academic career. Journal of Higher Education 73: 94-122.
2. Brewer CA. 2002a. Conservation education partnerships in schoolyard laboratories: A call back to action. Conservation Biology 16:577-579.
3. -2002b Outreach and partnership programs for conservation education where endangered species conservation and research occur. Conservation Biology 16; 4-6.
4. Brewer CA, Maki D. 2005. Building the Renaissance team. Pages 45-40 in Steen LA, ed. Math & Bio 2010: Linking Undergraduate Disciplines. The Mathematical Association of America.
5. Brewer CA, et al. 2011. Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action. American Association for the Advancement of Science. (25 March 2011; http://visionandchange.org/files/2010/03/VC-report.pdf) .
6. Bricker M. 2009. Plants on the move: Upper-elementary students consider seed dispersal and test how far different types of seeds travel on the wind. Science and Children 46: 24-28.
7. Campbell SP, Fuller AK, Patrick DAG. 2005. Looking beyond research in doctoral education. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 153-160. (Pubitemid 40483334)
8. Carney J, Chawla D, Wiley A, Young D. 2006. Evaluation of the initialimpacts of the National Science Foundation's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program. Report no. nsf0617. (18 March 2011; www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf0617/nsf0617-1.pdf)
9. Ehrlich PR. 2002. Human natures, nature conservation, and environmental ethics. Bio Science 52: 31-43. (Pubitemid 34119619)
10. Ferreira MM. 2007. The development of a learning community through a university-school district partnership. School Community Journal 17: 95-112.
11. Fontaine TJ, Decker KL. 2009. Exploring predation and animal coloration through outdoor activity. Science Activities 45: 3-8.
12. Graybill JK, Dooling S, Shandas V, Withey J, Greve A, Simon GL. 2006. A rough guide to interdisciplinarity: Graduate student perspectives. Bio Science 56: 757-763. (Pubitemid 44353424)
13. Heg D, Nerad M, Blumenfeld T. 2004. Innovation in PhD training: An IGERT at the University of Washington mid-term program evaluation. (18 March 2011; http://depts.washington.edu/cirgeweb/c/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ innovation-in-phd-training.pdf)
14. Leshner AI. 2007. Outreach training needed. Science 315: 161. (Pubitemid 46166338)
15. Lowman M. 2006. Fostering partnerships between regional government and ecology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 4: 547-548. (Pubitemid 44904694)
16. Lowman M, D'Avanzo C, Brewer CA. 2009. A national ecological network for research and education. Science 323: 1172-1173.
17. Lubchenco J. 1998. Entering the century of the environment: A new social contract for science. Science 279: 491-497. (Pubitemid 28067265)
18. Lubchenco J, Mooney HA, Risser PG, Van Alstyne KL, Vergun JR. 1998. The Aldo Leopold leadership program. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 79: 232-234.
19. Mitchell J, Levine R, Gonzalez R, Bitter C, Webb N, White P. 2003. Evaluation of the National Science Foundation Graduate Teaching Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Program. American Educational Research Association. Report no. ERIC ED478204.
20. Moskal BM, Skokan C, Kosbar L, Dean A, Westland C, Barker H, Nguyen Q, Tafoya J. 2007. K-12 outreach: Identifying the broader impacts of four outreach programs. Journal of Engineering Education 96: 173-189. (Pubitemid 47155068)
21. [NRC] National Research Council. 2003. BIO2010: Transforming Under-graduate Education for Future Research Biologists. National Academies Press.
22. -2009 A New Biology for the 21st Century: Ensuring the United States Leads the Coming Biology Revolution. National Academies Press.
23. [NSF] National Science Foundation. 2011. NSF GK-12 Graduate Stem Fellows in K-12 Education (GK-12) Program. (25 March 2011; www.
24. Palmer MA, et al. 2005. Ecological science and sustainability for the 21st century Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 3: 4-11. (Pubitemid 40335930)
25. Piotrowski J, Mildenstein T, Dungan K, Brewer C. 2007. The radish party: Success takes root in an exploration of soil organic matter. Science and Children 45: 41-45.
26. Pruitt-Logan AS, Gaff JG, Jentoft JE. 2002. Preparing Future Faculty in the Sciences and Mathematics: A Guide for Change. Association of American Colleges and Universities.
27. Richmond RH, Rongo T, Golbuu Y, Victor S, Idechong N, Davis G, Kostka W, Neth L, Hamnett M, Wolanksi E. 2007. Watersheds and coral reefs: Conservation science, policy, and implementation. Bio Science 57: 598-607. (Pubitemid 47106129)
28. Stamp T, O'Brien T. 2005. GK-12 partnership: A model to advance change in science education. Bio Science 55: 70-77.
29. Thompson SL, Collins A, Metzgar V, Joeston MD, Shepherd V 2002. Exploring graduate-level scientists' participation in a sustained K-12 teaching collaboration. School Science and Mathematics 102: 254-265.
30. Trautmann NM. 2008. Learning to teach: Alternatives to trial by fi re. Change 40: 40-45.
31. Trautmann NM, Krasny ME. 2006. Integrating teaching and research: A new model for graduate education? Bio Science 56: 159-165. (Pubitemid 43238016)
32. Whiteley AR, Woolfe J, Kennedy K, Oberbillig D, Brewer CA. 2007. Classroom mark-recapture with crickets. American Biology Teacher 69: 292-297. (Pubitemid 46987236)
33. Williams VL. 2002. Merging University Students into K-12 Science Education Reform. Science and Technology Policy Institute.