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Archbold FIRST II Goals and Objectives

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National NSF FIRST II

Archbold FIRST II Goals

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 1.  Establish a regional coalition of Florida faculty, engaged in a partnership with Archbold Biological Station, to implement and sustain reform in undergraduate science education in their colleges and universities. (National FIRST.II goal #4, #3)  Objectives

2.  Use the facilities and field sites at Archbold to enable faculty to gain further experience in teaching strategies for student-centered learning.  (National FIRST.II goal #1)  Objectives

3.  Work with faculty to develop and use learning goals and assessments.  (National FIRST.II goal #2)  Objectives

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4.  Promote general faculty and student interest in Florida ecosystems and species by increasing participant understanding of Florida ecosystems, encouraging faculty and institutional interest to use field stations and field sites such as Archbold as teaching forums.  (No National FIRST.II equivalent goal )  Objectives

5.  Facilitate collaboration among participating faculty about their reforms towards achieving excellence in science teaching.  (National FIRST.II goal #5)  Objectives

6.  Promote support for the emerging criteria and strategies for the scholarship of teaching at participant’s home institutions, so that teaching can be recognized, evaluated, and rewarded within institutions. (National FIRST.II goal #5)  Objectives

7.  Support a national dissemination network to sustain improvement in teaching initiated by faculty.  (National FIRST.II goal #6)  Objectives
8.  Participate as professional developers of science faculty in Florida.  (National FIRST.II goal #3)  Objectives

Supported by the National Science Foundation grant number DUE 0088847.  Opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of the Foundation.

Created by Cheryl Henderson on 15 July 2004.