Friday, 29 July 2005
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BACKGROUND:
Though often regarded and treated as separate activities, K-12 and college/university/graduate education are fundamentally and intricately interdependent. Those engaged in college/university/graduate education are themselves the products of K-12 education and K-12 educators are in turn the products of college/university/graduate education. The reciprocal relationships make it hard to imagine meaningful educational innovation without effective exchange of ideas and aspirations between K-12 and college/university/graduate educators.
Given their professional experiences, together with their experiences both as undergraduates and as students in education and other graduate programs, K-12 educators have a particularly advantageous perspective from which to make suggestions about how to improve both K-12 and college/university education. At the same time, college/university/graduate faculty have distinctive perspectives and resources that can be beneficial to K-12 educators. What is needed is greater conversation between the two groups, predicated on the presumption that such exchange is very much in the best interests of both, as well as of more effective experiences at all levels of the educational system.
For earlier conversations in this series see
THE QUESTIONS:
LOCATION:
Room 20, Biology, Park Science Center, Bryn Mawr College
(see map, follow signs for "Bryn Mawr College Summer Institutes for K-12 Teachers")
PROGRAM:
8:30-9:15 | Cofee and getting acquainted |
9:15 - 10:15 | K-12 teachers commenting on their experiences, as students and as professionals |
10:15 - 11:15 | College/university/graduate educators discussing existing programs to prepare and assist K-12 educators |
11:15 - 12:15 | General discussion of plans to improve K-16 collaborations |
12:15 - 1:00 | Continued discussion and planning over lunch |
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