Smithenry and Gilbert Receive National Science Foundation Grant

msmith@scu.edu (Martha Smith) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:01:40 PST

The National Science Foundation (NSF), through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, has recently awarded Santa Clara University a five-year grant of $750,000. This grant will enable SCU’s Department of Education to offer a total of twenty-four $25,000 scholarships (over three years) to SCU undergraduates to become science or mathematics teachers through the department’s fifth-year teacher credentialing program. In exchange for receiving this grant, Noyce Teacher Scholars will be required to teach at least two years in a high-need school in either the East Side Union High School District (ESUHSD) or the San Jose Unified School District (SJUSD). Eligible candidates for the first round of eight scholarships are current seniors at SCU who (1) wish to become a science or mathematics teacher, (2) are currently majoring in mathematics, science, or engineering, and (3) are a United States citizen, national, or permanent resident alien. Interested candidates will be asked to complete a formal application for the SCU Noyce Teacher Scholarship by the middle of the winter quarter of their senior year. These applications will be made available at several informational sessions that will be held during the Fall 2008 quarter. Further details about these informational sessions and the application process will be posted on a forthcoming website in the near future.

The implementation of the NSF grant will draw upon a strong partnership that has been developed between the two local districts (ESUHSD and SJUSD) and a collaborative team at SCU that brings together faculty from the education, science, math, and engineering departments. The Principal Investigator on this grant is Dennis Smithenry, who is an Assistant Professor of Education. Smithenry brings to this grant a range of career experiences that span the fields of science research, science teaching, and science education research. Smithenry’s efforts will be supported by four Co-Principal Investigators: W. Atom Yee, Professor of Chemistry and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; Craig Stephens, Associate Professor and Chair of Biology; Melissa Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Education; and Ruth Davis, Professor of Computer Engineering and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies.

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msmith@scu.edu (Martha Smith) — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:59:46 PST

Dennis Smithenry and his colleague, Joan A. Gallagher-Bolos published, Whole-Class Inquiry Assessments," in The Science Teacher.

Also, here is a link to the journal's website: http://www.nsta.org/highschool/

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Smithenry and Gilbert Receive National Science Foundation Grant

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