Post-doc Fellowship at Notre Dame for STEM Education

The Notre Dame Center for STEM Education (the Center) is pleased to announce the Rev. James A. Burns, CSC Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Burns Post-Doc) that can begin in either summer or fall 2016. The Burns Post-Doc is part of the new Interdisciplinary Program in Educational Research (IPER: http://iei.nd.edu/programs/interdisciplinary-program-in-educational-research/) at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Educational Initiatives (the Institute).

USA Science and Engineering Festival

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To learn more, visit http://www.usasciencefestival.org/.

DR K-12 Project:

  • Marina Bers (DevTech Research Group), Tufts University (Projects: Ready for Robotics: The Missing T and E of STEM in Early Childhood Education; ScratchJr: Computer Programming in Early Childhood Education as a Pathway to Academic Readiness and Success (Collaborative Research: Bers))

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2016 AMTE National Conference; Irvine, CA

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Learn more about the conference at: http://amte.net/conferences/conf2016

DR K-12 Presenters:

  • Charles Hohensee, University of Delaware; AnnaMarie Conner, University of Georgia; Eva Thanheiser, Portland State University; and Amanda Jansen, University of Delaware (Project: CAREER: Learning to Support Productive Collective Argumentation in Secondary Mathematics Classes)
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Webinar on Smart and Connected Communities

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At the NSF-supported Next Generation STEM Learning for All Forum in November, seven presenters described how their work connects STEM learning with communities in need, how their work could shape schools of the future, and how to involve key systems and stakeholders in the development of these communities.

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Spring 2016 National Science Foundation Grants Conference

The Spring 2016 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference will be held in Portland, Oregon from February 29th - March 1st, 2016. This two-day conference will be hosted by Portland State University at the Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront. Registration for the event is now open. The conference website includes a preliminary agenda as well as information about the conference venue, hotel room reservations, and travel logistics.