Grinnell College Science Division
Integration of Research and Education (AIRE) Award
Robert N. Noyce '49 Science Center
Program Information
NSF Division: Office of Integrative Activities
Program Officer: Sherrie B. Green
Program Officer Contacts: (703) 306-1040; sblevins@nsf.gov
NSF
Award Abstract - Grinnell College
NSF
Award Press Release (Sept. 23, 1998)
GC AIRE Project Director and Science Division Chair: Bruce
A. Voyles
GC Principal Investigator, Vice President for Academic Affairs
and Dean of the College: James
E. Swartz
Encouraging Interdisciplinary
Collaboration
Post-Doctoral
Science
Faculty Development Summer Seminars
Research
and Student Learning Study
National Dissemination Activities:
Grinnell College Annual Reports
September,
1999
September,
2000
1999 Summer Research Study
Results [ .ppt
- PowerPoint format ]
Prof Lopatto presents AIRE
research results at PKAL conference in Snowbird
Utah. [ .ppt
- PowerPoint format ]
Conference:
Targeting Institutional Change--Quality Undergraduate Science
Education for All Students
Grinnell College sent a delegation
composed of the Dean, Science Division Chair, Director of the
Science Learning Center and astudent to this conference to participate
in national level discussions of different models of integrating
research and education and to receive the NSF award on behalf
of the college.
Roundtable Symposium: April Dialogue--sponsored by the Council
for Undergraduate Research
James E. Swartz, Dean of the
College and AIRE Principal Investigator, gave a talk at the conference
on the experiences of the various science departments in revising
course curricula and pedagogies in a move away from the traditional
lecture approach to discovery-based, interactive and collaborative
teaching and learning. View Talk Points.
AIRE Project Director's Meeting
On June 24-25, 1999, the National
Science Foundation hosted an AIRE Project Director's meeting at
its headquarters in Washington, D.C. James Swartz, Bruce Voyles,
and David Lopatto were participants for the integration of research
and education and effective strategies for evaluation and dissemination.
To view the meeting agenda and panel discussion questions, click
here.
Other Institutions Awarded the AIRE:
Coastal
Carolina University
Colby
College
Harvey Mudd College
Hope College
Oberlin College
Occidental College
Reed College
Union College
Wellesley
College
Related Programs
ROLE
(Research on Learning and Education)
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