A Project Kaleidoscope 2000 Summer Institute Workshop



A Project Kaleidoscope 2000 Summer Institute Workshop

THE FUTURE OF PLANT BIOLOGY

Keystone Resort and Conference Center, Keystone, Colorado

July 23 - 26, 2000-Workshop Series C

Where is plant biology undergraduate education headed and what are the major challenges? Plant biology has made incredible advances in the past decade and the way we teach and will teach in this field is changing rapidly. The Future of Plant Biology workshop will include plant biologists working at all levels, from ecosystems to molecules, and is aimed at professional societies as well as academic teams. Participatory workshops and case studies will address a range of topics including: the campus as a classroom, technology and pedagogy in plant biology, integrating field experiences, enhancing the presence of plants in introductory biology, preservice teachers and plants, and efforts of our professional societies to enhance education. The goal of this workshop is to bring together teacher/scholars in all areas of plant biology to envision an exciting future for plants in the undergraduate curriculum.

ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED

* Integrating plants from molecules to ecosystem in Introductory Biology

* Teaching with model plants

* Effective strategies for enhancing learning with information technology

* Roles of professional societies in enhancing plant biology education

* Plant biology for all

WORKSHOP SESSIONS

Colorado Flora - Field Work with Plants

J. Phillip Gibson, Assistant Professor of Biology, Agnes Scott College

Robin A. Bingham, Assistant Professor of Biology, Western State College

Rob Reinsvold, Professor of Biology, University of Northern Colorado

"Doing" Plant Biology in Large Classes

Paul Williams, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology, University of

Wisconsin, Madison

Campus as Classroom - Making Plants Relevant to Your Community

Muriel Poston, Associate Professor of Biology, Howard University

Virtual Plants? - Enhancing Learning with Information Technology

Peter Sengbusch, Professor, Universitat Hamburg (Botany-Online)

[Dr. Sengbusch is constructing an internet resource of web-projects before

the meeting and invites anyone who would like their web teaching resources

included to contact him at b-online@botankik.uni-hamburg.de]

Introducing Plants to Future Biologists, Teachers, Citizens and Policy Makers

- The Future of Bio 101

Gordon Uno, Professor and Chair, University of Oklahoma

Plants in Community Colleges

Wilson Crone, Instructor of Biology, Hudson Valley Community College

C-Fern - A Model Plant for Teaching

Leslie Hickok, Professor, Department of Botany, University of Tennessee,

Knoxville

Thomas Warne, Department of Botany, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Fast Plants for Undergraduates

Paul Williams, Emeritus Professor of Plant Pathology, University of

Wisconsin, Madison

Professional Societies: Exemplars of Plant Biology Education Reform

American Society of Plant Physiologists

John Lisack, Executive Director, ASPP

Carol Reiss, Chair, ASPP Education Committee

Botanical Society of America

David Kramer, Chair, BSA Education Committee

Ecological Society of America

Ramble O. Ankumah, SEEDS Faculty Participant, Tuskegee University

(SEEDS: Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability is

conducted jointly

by ESA and The United Negro College Fund)

Plants for All - Developing an Action Plan

Facilitator: Keith M. Howard, Associate Professor of Biology, Morehouse

College

Joint Sessions with Other Workshop Scientists

Plants in Biochemistry ? Funding Educational Reform ? Assessment

PLANNING COMMITTEE

Coordinator: Susan Singer, Professor, Carleton College

This workshop has been planned by the 33 participants in at a planning meeting at the International Botanical Congress in August 1999 with continuing efforts by a larger "virtual" planning committee.

CO-SPONSORS (including participants in the original planning meeting)

American Society of Plant Physiologists, American Institute of Biological

Sciences, Botanical Society of America, Botany-Online, CELS, C-Fern,

Ecological Society of America, FastPlants, McGraw-Hill, Missouri Botanical

Gardens, Society for Economic Botany, Society for Developmental Biology,

American Society for Horticultural Sciences

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AND WORKSHOP FEES Registration Deadline: June 15, 2000. Please refer to the PKAL Summer Institute brochure and registration form or the PKAL Web Site at for registration information. The workshop fee is $300 per person, which includes materials and two meals. Participants or their institutions pay the cost of travel, lodging, and other meals. Lodging is available from $105/night (depending on accommodation preferences).

For complete information on registration, lodging and travel arrangements, please refer to the PKAL Summer Institute brochure and registration form, or the PKAL Web Site at: .

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

Workshop Registration begins at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 23, 2000. The workshop will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, and conclude at noon on Wednesday, July 26, 2000.

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