|
Funding is provided by:
 |
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
|
 |
Nalco Foundation
|
|
|
 |
|
Howard Hughes
Medical Institute (HHMI) 2000 Award
Natural Sciences Education Program
|
|
|
Benedictine University received its third Howard hughes
Medical Institute Award in 2000. The award is used for:
- Student Research and Broadening Access to Science
including the expansion of a collaborative interdisciplinary
student and faculty research program with an emphasis
on using peptides and computational and experimental tools
to study the structural biology and surface interactions
of select biological systems.
- Faculty Development including the establishment
of interdisciplinary faculty teams from science and education
to develop and pilot an integrated problem-based science
curriculum for elementary education majors that encompasses
both content and methodologies.
- Curriculum, Equipment and Laboratory Development
including equipment for a dedicated laboratory to support
the integrated problem-based science curriculum for elementary
education majors and in-serice teacher workshops as well
as equipment to be used for majors' labs and student research.
- Precollege and other outreach programs, including
summer workshops to increase the science teaching effectiveness
of elementary educators by enabling them to model effective
science teaching/learning practices in their own classrooms
and prepare them to serve as mentors to student teachers.
|
|
|
