Recent Visitors
Dr. Barufaldi hosted Dr. Bhinyo Panijpan and Dr. Pintip Ruenwongsa from Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand when they visited the Center, June 19-21, 2007. The professors met with Drs. Resta, Petronsino, Marshall, and Martin. In addition they met with Dr. Keith Mitchell of the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching and representatives from the UTeach program. An informal luncheon was attended by 30 faculty and graduate students at which time the visiting professors discussed issues and concerns facing science education.
Dr. Abd-El-Khalick, Associate Professor, Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, presented an invited paper, "Setting an Empirically Supported and Synergistic Agenda for Research on Nature of Science", at the Center, April 24. He also visited with faculty and graduate students in the Department and with staff members of the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching.
Mrs. Theofano Chimonidou
Mrs. Theofano Chimonidou, physics educator from Cyprus, was invited and hosted by Dr. Barufaldi and Dr. Jill Marshall to serve as a Visiting Researcher at the Center, February/March 2007. The Cyprus-America Scholarship Program (CASP) at AMIDEAST sponsored Mrs. Chimonidou.
Dr. Victor A. Zinger
Dr. Victor A. Zinger, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Bristol Bay Campus, Dillingham, Alaska, was invited to interact with graduate students in Dr. Barufaldi's course, Curriculum History and Development in Science and Mathematics Education. Dr. Zinger discussed the implementation of online courses and challenges and issues facing mathematics education in rural Alaska. Dr. Zinger also met with staff of the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching that is headquartered at the Center.
Dr. Chan-Jong Kim
Dr. Chan-Jong Kim, Professor, Department of Earth Science Education, Seoul National University, presented an invited seminar, "Understanding Science Teachers' Classroom Practice and Teachers' Learning", at the CSME, February 5, 2008. Dr. Kim directs the Science Education Center at Seoul National University. He received his doctorate in Science Education from UT-Austin in 1989. He is active in numerous international and national organizations such as the Korean Earth Science Research Association, the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, and the Korean Earth Science Society. He was also the Deputy National Project Coordinator for the Third International Mathematics and Science Study at the Korean Research Center. He is published in many journals such as the
Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society,
Korean Journal of Biological Education, and the
Korean Journal of Educational Psychology.
Dr. Virginia Resta
Dr. Virginia Resta, Assistant Dean, College of Education, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas presented an invited seminar, "The Relationship of Mentor Support to Novice Teacher Retention and Student Achievement" on February 21, 2008 , to faculty and staff of the Texas Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching. She discussed issues related to mentoring of novice teachers and discussed findings from a large scale study of teacher mentoring. Her work is sponsored by the Center for Research, Evaluation, and Advancement of Teacher Education (CREATE).
