Profiles
Of
Scientists in Education
Scientists
Involvement
in E/PO
Guidance
For
E/PO Programs & Proposals
Ed Literature
A Small Sampling
Scientists Involvement in E/PO
Papers
The Diversity of Roles for Scientists in K-14 Education and Public Outreach
by Cherilynn A. Morrow. This 3-page paper includes an updated 2-D matrix
of E/PO roles for scientists. The paper raises awareness of the broad
diversity of roles scientists can play in E/PO besides giving presentations
in classrooms or other public settings.
Improving Science Education: The Role of Scientists
by Rodger Bybee & Cherilynn
Morrow, This 3-page paper was published in the Newsletter of the Education
Forum of the American Physical Society (Fall 1998). The original matrix
of E/PO roles for scientists was published here.
The Role of Scientist-Educator Partnerships in Improving Science Education
by Cherilynn Morrow. This 2-page paper summarizes the keynote talk prepared
for the Fulbright Symposium on scientist-educator partnerships that
was held in conjunction with the IAU Bioastronomy Conference at Hamilton
Island, Australia in July 2002. It argues that successful partnerships
elicit complementary talents and expertise from each partner and offer
the opportunity for each to develop additional capabilities. Good partners
must endeavor to navigate the natural challenges and cultural differences
that may arise between them in a way that is responsible to the ultimate
needs of the learners.
What are the Similarities
Between Scientific Research and Science Education Reform?
by Cherilynn Morrow. This 7-page paper offers a direct analogy
between the process of scientific research and a process of teaching
science that is consistent with modern science education reform. The “Monotillation
of Traxoline” is reprinted here for your enjoyment.
How Scientists Can Become Involved in Education and Public Outreach
Abstract by Cherilynn Morrow, Space Science Institute, for NOAA OGP Post-Doctoral
Summer Institute, Steamboat Springs, CO June 18, 2002. Includes basic
guidelines for preparing a public talk on a scientific topic.
Scientific Elites and Scientific Illiterates
by David L. Goodstein. A 10-page paper that makes a persuasive case for
scientist involvement in education. Goodstein is a physics professor
at CalTech. This one is for the skeptics!
"Space Science" Stands for "Education"
by Cherilynn A. Morrow. This 1-page invited column for the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific's Mercury magazine (July-August 2004, Vol. 33.
No. 4) gives a brief history of the evolution of educational programs
embedded in NASA's Office of Space Science.
Commentary: Constructivist Pedagogy
by Harold White, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, Vol.
32, 2004. For those scientists who view pedagogy as a bad word, this
brief one-page commentary on the perceived conflict between research
and pedagogy may be useful as food for thought.