Bridging Cultures Institute 2002 |
Monday, 22 July | Introduction, Disciplines, Science | Curricular Change: Case Studies (Grobstein, Cassidy, P Burgmayer, Cohen) |
Tuesday, 23 July | Teaching Science in An Integrated Manner: Evolution (PG) | Performing More Effective Web Searches |
Wednesday, 24 July | Teaching Science in An Integrated Manner: Color (SB) (for more links on color for students see Links to Color Webpages on Serendip, and PG Lecture Notes on Color) | "Playing" at bridging cultures |
Thursday, 25 July | Teaching Science in An Integrated Manner: Women and Health (KE) | "Playing" at bridging cultures |
Friday, 26 July | Teaching Humanities in An Integrated Manner: Literature (AD) | The "How To's" of Action Research |
Monday, 29 July | Reasons for bridging cultures: Gender Differences, Psychology and the Brain A relevant on-line experiment: Time to Think | Analysis and revision of participants' curricula |
Tuesday, 30 July | Reasons for bridging cultures: Learning Styles Link to Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire Results from learning styles questionnaires | Analysis and revision of participants' curricula |
Wednesday, 31 July | Diversity and evolution: a humanities perspective (AD) | Analysis and revision of participants' curricula |
Thursday, 1 August | Examples of bridging cultures in secondary and elementary curricula (AL) | Analysis and revision of participants' curricula |
Friday, 1 August | Sharing of participants' work on curricular revision | General discussion; graduation |
Co-Directors:
Paul Burgmayer, Chemist and Education Program
Kim Cassidy, Department of Psychology
Jody Cohen, Education and College Seminar Programs
Paul Grobstein, Department of Biology and Center for Science in Society
Guest Facilitators:
SB: Sharon Burgmayer, Department of Chemistry, Bryn Mawr College
AD: Anne Dalke, Department of English and Program in Feminist and Gender Studies, Bryn Mawr College
KE: Kaye Edwards, General Programs, Haverford College
PG: Paul Grobstein, Department of Biology, Bryn Mawr College
AL: Alice Lesnick, Education Program, Bryn Mawr College
Computer Support: Jan Richard, web coordinator, Serendip