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All: A few of us have toyed with idea of a Gordon conference for Geoscience Education and Geocognition Research. I thought some of you might be interested in the series that physcis education has been doing for a number of years. Here is the latest on lab science. Take care Julie Begin forwarded message: > From: "Singh, Chandralekha" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: February 2, 2010 12:36:10 AM GMT-05:00 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Announcement: Gordon Conference on Physics Research and > Education: Experimental Research and Labs in Physics Education > Reply-To: "RPE: Researchers in Physics Education" <[log in to unmask] > > > > The 2010 Gordon Research Conference on Physics Research and > Education, the sixth in this series of conferences, will focus on > the expanding and deepening role of and connection between > experimental research and laboratories in physics instruction, with > particular emphasis on undergraduate education. The purpose of this > conference is to have a serious discussion about cutting-edge > experimental research in physics and physics education and > laboratories in physics education. We will discuss how students' > learning experiences can be leveraged by incorporating contemporary > research in physics and physics education. The format of the > conference-which will include invited plenary sessions, contributed > poster presentations, and generous amounts of unscheduled time for > informal discussions-is specially designed to promote dialogue and > cross-fertilization of ideas between educators and researchers at > the forefront of their fields, including researchers in physics > education. > College and university faculty, research associates (postdocs), > laboratory-based physics textbook authors, curriculum and > educational material developers, and graduate and undergraduate > students are invited to participate. > > Please advertise the conference to your colleagues. This is an > important venue for revisiting important issues concerning physics > education. Its success will be determined by the level of > participation from our community. > > Applications for this conference must be submitted by May 16, 2010. > http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=physedu > > Sincerely, > > Chairs: > Chandralekha Singh & Enrique J. Galvez > > Vice Chair: > Peter Shaffer >