Engaged STEM Learning: From Promising to Pervasive Practices

Posted Thu, 07/15/2010 - 10:54am by eileen

With the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) is sponsoring the 2011 Network for Academic Renewal Conference: Engaged STEM Learning: From Promising to Pervasive Practices, to be held in Miami, Florida, March 24-26, 2011. 

The Call for Proposals deadline in August 31, 2010

The conference "will focus on faculty and institutional leadership to adapt, scale up, and sustain effective practices in STEM teaching and learning. The conference is designed for participants who wish to develop institutional capacity for systematic STEM educational reform, broaden student participation and success in STEM fields, and better assess STEM learning in both general education and STEM majors."

Proposals are invited in these five key areas:

  • Expanding the STEM Pipeline through Student Success
  • Creating Integrative and Interdisciplinary STEM Environments
  • Assessing STEM Learning
  • Enhancing STEM Learning through Technology
  • Scaling Up and Sustaining Pedagogies of Engagement

See full information at the AACU call-for-proposals site.