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Val - sounds great! On Jan 12, 2011, at 3:25 PM, Val Sloan wrote: > Hi Julie, > > Do you think I could post an opportunity for geoscience students on > this listserv? It is a summer internship dedicated to increasing > the number of students from minority groups that are > underrepresented in the geosciences, here in Boulder, CO. > Opportunities include doing a project on geoscience education. > > Val > > ---~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Valerie Sloan, Ph.D. > [log in to unmask] > 303-381-7488 Office > 303-517-3838 Cell > > On Dec 30, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Julie Libarkin wrote: > >> Reminder: Special Issue of Journal of Geoscience Education >> Manuscripts for the Journal of Geoscience Education (JGE) special >> issue on geoscience education and global development were due >> December 31, 2010. THIS DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO JAN. 15, 2011 >> TO ACCOMMODATE AUTHORS. Please contact special issue associate >> editors for more information about the special issue (contact >> information below). >> >> This special issue will focus on work being conducted globally in >> which geoscience education is a means to support human development >> goals, including universal access to education, elimination of >> poverty, gender equality, and environmental sustainability. Papers >> on the following topics would be welcome: >> >> 1. Descriptions of curricula, instructional strategies, or >> assessments designed for use in particular social, economic, or >> political contexts; >> 2. Studies of the use of information and communication technologies >> in under resourced >> schools or communities; >> 3. Comparative research studies evaluating country performance in >> international tests such as PISA and TIMMs; >> 4. Descriptions of developing-developed world partnership models; >> 5. Methodologies for the study of geoscience teaching and learning >> in a developing world context; >> 6. Reports on understanding, awareness, and/or attitudes towards >> the geosciences; >> 7. Case studies of successful strategies for teaching geosciences >> in bi or multi lingual classrooms; >> 8. Theoretical papers that focus on the linkages between >> geosciences education and development. >> >> Special Associate Editors >> Sharon Locke, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and >> University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; [log in to unmask] >> m >> Chun Yen Chang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan; [log in to unmask] >> w >> Ian McKay, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; [log in to unmask] >> m >> R Shankar, Mangalore University, India; [log in to unmask] >> >> Submission Guidelines >> Letters of submission should state that the manuscript is intended >> for this special issue. Submissions must comply with JGE >> guidelines, available at: >> >> http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/instructions.html >> > Julie Libarkin Associate Professor, Director - Geocognition Research Lab Michigan State University 206 Natural Science East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: 517-355-8369 https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Geoscience Education Affiliations: Department of Geological Sciences, Division of Science and Mathematics Education, Cognitive Science Program, Center for Research on College Science Teaching and Learning