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Lessons from the Past: Economic and Technological Impacts of U.S. Energy Policy
Summer 2011 /
Comments (0) In this article, data will be presented which show that the United States' dependence on foreign oil has resulted in repeated cycles of economic recession following peaks in crude oil prices. In response, when crude oil prices are high, additional government funding is allocated to alternative energy research. However, when oil prices decline, funding for alternate energy research is drastically reduced. Data will also be presented which show that when less money is allocated to research on alternative energy, fewer related patents are granted. As a result, expertise and critical information obtained during cycles of high funding are likely lost during periods of lower funding, putting our country at a strategic disadvantage.
SENCER-ISE: Establishing Connections between Formal and Informal Science Educators to Advance STEM Learning through Civic Engagement
Summer 2011 / Comments (0)On Sunday afternoon, March 6, 2011, more than fifty educators from the formal education (or higher education) and informal science education worlds gathered at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey, to engage in two days of discussion about how both communities could work together to advance STEM learning through the broad focus of civic engagement. The SENCER-ISE conference* was funded by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Noyce Foundation to the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement (NCSCE), the home of SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities).
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Improving Students' Attitude Toward Science Through Blended Learning
Summer 2011 / Comments (0)Regardless of one's major or profession, science plays an enormous role in everyone's life. From discovering cures for diseases, to creating innovative technologies, to teaching us how to think critically, science has become an indispensable feature of modern society. Controversial issues such as global warming, evolution, vaccination, HIV/AIDS, and the right to one's own DNA information are only a few of the issues being debated.
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"But You Needed Me" Reflections on the Premises, Purposes, Lessons Learned, and Ethos of SENCER - Part 1
Summer 2011 / Comments (0)This article is based on the opening plenary address at the tenth annual SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) Summer Institute delivered by SENCER's co-founder, the article's author.
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