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Design and Impact of the National Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty
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Beane, Rachel J.; Altermatt, Ellen R.; Iverson, Ellen R.; Macdonald, R. Heather – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2020
The National Association of Geoscience Teachers' "Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing One's Career" has been offered annually since 1999. The five-day workshop with accompanying web resources employs a "whole faculty" approach to support geoscience faculty members during their…
Descriptors: Workshops, Program Design, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Engaging School Students and Educators with the Practice of Statistics
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Howley, Peter; Roberts, Tim – Statistics Education Research Journal, 2020
This paper describes a national statistics-oriented project-based learning activity, which has been delivered annually for five years in Australia and the outcomes of a particular collaboration of this initiative with the discipline of environmental sustainability. The national initiative engages primary- and secondary-school students from varied…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Projects, Learning Activities, Active Learning
A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Educational Leadership on the Participation of Two Schools in the National Program of Science and Technology Fairs in Costa Rica
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Brent-Sanco, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of this study was to understand the effects of educational leadership on student participation in the National Program of Science and Technology Fairs (Programa Nacional de Ferias de Ciencia y Tecnologia [PRONAFECYT]) in the primary schools of Costa Rica. The study identified the role that governmental, community, and school site…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Science Fairs, National Programs, Student Participation