Special Science/Math Session

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Program Guide

The program includes the following items in this order:

1) Opening remarks from UO President Dave Frohnmayer, Distance Learning Foundation Chairman Khwankeo, and HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol.

2) Background information on the Thai-UO partnership.

3) Pre-taped video sessions with examples of work from Kenneth Doxsee and his colleagues with Green Chemistry (no PowerPoint slides), and examples of work in Physics and Math from Dean Livelybrooks and Jill Baxter (Power Point slides available for Physics and Math).

4) Live interviews with UO faculty Kenneth Doxsee, Dean Livelybrooks, Jill Baxter, and Leslie Opp-Beckman.

5) Closing remarks and video footage from HRH’s visit to the UO campus.

Videos

Online access to segments of this session requires a broadband (DSL, cable, ethernet, etc.) Internet connection. Video from the session will be available after the live broadcast for the following segments.

1) Royal Visit video footage is available on You Tube-UO and in the following formats:

Windows Media Player

Real One Player

QuickTime

University of Oregon-Thailand Science and Math Education Collaboration

Special Session – July 17, 2006

HRH Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol, during her visit to University of Oregon, graciously gave opening remarks at the start of this event.

Video footage of HRH is now available through YouTube-UO.

This session introduces the concept of using an inquiry-based learning approach for science and math with students of all ages. University of Oregon faculty will offer specific examples from Green Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics.

About the Speakers, University of Oregon Faculty

Kenneth Doxsee is a Professor in the Chemistry Department, College of Arts and Sciences. One of his areas of specialization is Green Chemistry. With his colleague, Jim Hutchison, Ken developed the University of Oregon’s Green Organic Chemistry laboratory program and published the world’s first green organic chemistry textbook. The Oregon program has served as a model for chemical educators around the world. Many of the Oregon materials are available through the Greener Education Materials (GEMs) database for chemists, which offers education materials focused on green chemistry.

Dean Livelybrooks is a Senior Instructor in the Physics Department, College of Arts and Sciences. His areas of interest include inquiry-based learning in Physics, Pacific Northwest and San Andreas tectonics using magnetotellurics and tide measurement techniques. Dean has worked with the Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers (OCEPT) project, which strengthens the math and science preparation of future teachers and encourages greater involvement of underrepresented groups in the teaching profession.

Jill Baxter is an Associate Professor in Teacher Education, College of Education. Her research focuses on the cognitively oriented study of classroom teaching and learning. Her recent research has examined the teaching and learning of mathematics in elementary and middle school classrooms, especially the different ways that students learn about mathematics from various kinds of instruction.

Leslie Opp-Beckman is a Senior Instructor in the MA Language Teaching Specialization program for the Linguistics Department, College of Arts and Sciences. She is has been the coordinator and developer of the Thai-UO videoconferencing series for English as a Foreign Language (EFL) educators. She develops online training, teaches courses, and acts as Technology Coordinator for the American English Institute.

Online Teacher Resources

Inquiry-based Learning

Green Chemistry

Science (Physics) and Math Education