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Harriger, Alka – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2008
Purdue University recently received $1.2M in funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for the development of educational programs for high school teachers, high school counselors, and high school students. The purpose of these intervention programs is to show that women (and men) can have interesting, useful, and society-impacting…
Descriptors: Success, Intervention, Science Course Improvement Projects, Institutes (Training Programs)
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McCarthy, Deborah; Bellina, Joseph J., Jr. – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2003
In 1988 Saint Mary's College received a grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc. to create a program to improve the quality of science education in the local public and private schools. As part of applying that grant we created one-week summer work-shops for elementary and middle school teachers (K-8) based on guided inquiry methods of education. Each…
Descriptors: Summer Science Programs, Teacher Workshops, Institutes (Training Programs), Elementary School Teachers