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Visiting Korean Scholars to Put on Science Education Workshop

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Three visiting scholars from South Korea will be spending the next year at Oregon State University. They will be putting on two workshops (April and October) about science education in Korea. Here are bios and backgrounds on the three scholars below:

Hyo-Suk RyuHyo-Suk Ryu, Post-Doctoral Fellow with the College of Education at Ewha Womans University in Korea

Research Interest
My works have been mainly focused on developing programs and circumstances for secondary students in the formal and informal learning contexts. My dissertation is about the effects of science outreach program based on high school students’ experiences in university laboratory. I also collaborated on the project (called WCU) which is about developing materials and training in-service teachers in order to enhance scientific literacy for the young global citizens at Global Institute for STS education in Korea. My interests also include to boost the awareness and support of the public by expanding the bases of science community and public understanding on science.

Education: 

  • Ewha Womans University (Ph.D. in science education) 2007-2011
  • Ewha Womans University (M.Edu. in physics education) 1998-2002
  • Ewha Womans University (B.S. in science education) 1993-1997

young-shin parkYoung-Shin Park, Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Earth Science Education and Director of the Science Culture Education Center at Chosun University, South Korea

Research Interest
My research interest covers two different tracks; informal science learning as well as formal one. One is about science teaching in formal setting covering teachers’ beliefs and knowledge through induction program as well as teacher preparation program in the context of scientific inquiry and argumentation. I also developed Korea Teacher Observational Protocols (K_TOP) to improve teachers’ teaching strategies on the basis of their teaching practices. The other research interest is about educators’ interacting with visitors in informal setting of science learning, such as how to train science docents to be expertise in their interacting with visitors and how to implement science communication into supplemental educational program and how to analyze science communication embedded in science exhibition. I developed the manual ‘guide for science docent expertise’ in Korean (2012) and the book of ‘introduction to being science educator in science center’ by running professional development program for prospective science educator (2013).

Education

  • Oregon State University (Ph.D. in science education) 1998-2005
  • Oregon State University (M.S. in science education) 1996-1997
  • Seoul National University (B.S. in earth science education) 1987-1991

jonghee kimJonghee Kim, Associate Professor with the Department of Earth Science Education at Chonnam National University in South Korea

Research Areas & Interests
Earth Science education

  • Misconception
  • Task Analysis in Earth Science
  • Informal science education (science museum)
  • ICT education, Computer-assisted science learning
  • Special education for the gifted

Resent Research Theme
Development Applications for the Diagnostic & Formative Assessment in the Earth Science Class

Education
Busan National University (Ph. D. in Earth Science Education) 1997- 2003
Busan National University (M.S. in Earth Science Education) 1989-1994
Busan National University (B.S. in Earth Science Education) 1985- 1989

 

 

College of Education Food Drive

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Food Drive Information

College of Education Raffle and Soup-er Lunch:

The raffle will be held on Tuesday, February 25th during our Soup-er Lunch in Furman 411 A from 12-1 PM.  Vegetarian soup will be served along with bread.  Guests attending are asked to bring a donation and a dessert or side dish to share. Come enjoy a delicious lunch with your co-workers, support a worthy cause, and see who our lucky raffle winners will be!

We are in need of raffle prizes for the event.  Please consider  donating an item.  Your donation is tax deductible!  Last year faculty and staff donated baskets of delicious homemade food items, jewelry,  and gift cards.  You can also ask a local merchant, restaurant, artistic individual, or service provider in our community to donate a gift certificate or item to our cause.  They will be recognized on the College of Education website, the OSU Food Drive website, and OSU Today for their generosity.  Raffle ticket sales will begin Wednesday, February 12 in Furman 104.

Popcorn and Performance by the Deans:

What is popcorn without a show?  This tasty treat will be served at the All- College Meeting on Thursday, March 13, but if 10 College of Education employees sign up for the OSU Food Drive Monthly Payroll Contribution program Randy and Larry will also entertain us with a performance at the beginning of the meeting.   Donations can be a little as $5 per month, and forms can be found in your mailbox in Furman 104.  The stage is set for an entertaining time with your help

Will You Be Canned This Month?:

If a large Linn Benton Food Share can mysteriously appears in your office, you have been CANNED by the College of Education.  Game rules will be attached to the can!  The canning begins Wednesday, February 5th.  Who will be first?

If you have any questions or wish to help with any of the College of Education 2014 OSU Food Drive Events, please contact Karla or Lynda.

Recap of The Classroom Closet Pride Panel via Storify

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First of all, we want to thank the OSU Pride Center, the panelists & our college’s Cultural & Linguistic Diversity workgroup for organizing this excellent event.

Over 40 people witnessed five panelists discuss their experiences as LGBTQ+ students, teachers and faculty in the K-12 educational system.

Here’s a brief recap using Storify (http://storify.com/OSU_Education):


[View the story “The Classroom Closet” on Storify]

The Classroom Closet: A Pride Panel on Queerness & Education

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CLASSROOM CLOSET poster

The College of Education is proud to be a co-sponsor of this event with the OSU Pride Center. Come listen to a Pride Panel of LGBTQ students, teachers, and faculty discuss their experiences in the K-12 educational system.

Our goal in partnering on this event is to discuss gender and sexual identity issues in education from both a student and teacher perspective.  This is part of our professional development efforts, and we hope everyone leaves with some new resources/ideas for continued professional development.

For more on this topic, please check out this blog post from Teaching Tolerance, who posted an anonymous blog entry from a gay elementary school teacher:  The Classroom Closet . He is responding to a district’s screening of the Teaching Tolerance movie Bullied.  (We do have a copy in the College of Education if you want to see it.)  The blog entry is a moving read with several personal stories in the comments from readers.

For further reading, you can also view these links, courtesy of Teaching Tolerance:

EVENT DETAILS:

The Classroom Closet: A Pride Panel on Queerness & Education

When: Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Time: 5:00pm until 6:30pm
Where: Furman Hall Atrium (4th Floor)

College of Education Honors National Day of Service

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mlkMonday, January 20th, is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and it has been declared a National Day of Service in observation of Dr. King’s service and legacy.

The College of Education will honor Dr. King through a joint service project with College Hill High School students in Corvallis.  The principal, volunteer cooridator, and students have identified projects that would help their school for this day of service.

Give back to our local community on Monday, January 20th!  Please consider joining us for a shift.

The sign-up link is here:  http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_8v58T80nEz14xr7

College Hill High School is located at 510 NW 31st Street in Corvallis.

If you have any questions, please contact Allyson Dean.

Dr. Molly Phipps to guest lecture Free-Choice Learning course this winter

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Dr. Molly Phipps
Dr. Molly Phipps
Dr. Molly Phipps

The College of Education is pleased to introduce Dr. Molly Phipps as a guest lecturer for the winter term. Dr. Phipps will be teaching Dr. Lynn Dierking’s course, “Sociocultural Dimensions of Free-Choice Learning,” while Dr. Dierking is on sabbatical.

Dr. Phipps is the owner of Molly Phipps Consulting, a free-choice learning firm that conducts research and evaluation on environmental education and community-building endeavors. She is the first PhD graduate of the Oregon State University Free-Choice Learning program with a minor in Oceanography, where she studied the implementation of an iPod-based program at Hatfield Marine Science Center for her dissertation.

Dr. Phipps received her undergraduate degree in geology-biology from Brown University and worked as a research assistant and lab manager in a paleoclimatology lab at Brown before moving to Oregon. Since graduating from OSU, she has lived in St. Paul, MN where she worked as a Senior Evaluation and Research Associate at the Science Museum of Minnesota until 2013. At the Science Museum of Minnesota, her work focused on the visual display of data on Science on a Sphere, communicating climate change through exhibits and programs for the public, workshops for scientists, and community development project.

In her new venture, Molly Phipps Consulting, Dr. Phipps is focusing on evaluation capacity building for smaller organizations, program evaluation for free-choice learning opportunities, and ways to make evaluation more sustainable. She also serves on the board of directors for the Minnesota Association of Environmental Education, on the Educational Committee for the Will Steger Foundation, and on the Editorial Board for Visitor Studies; she is the 2013-2014 Chair of the Informal Learning Environment’s Research SIG at AERA.

When she’s not working, Dr. Phipps enjoys spending time outside with her husband Ralph, their daughter Lila, and their pets gardening or walking along the Mississippi River, as well as cooking, and knitting.

New Scholarship Founded to Memorialize Former Assistant Dean, Forrest Gathercoal

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Forrest Gathercoal, pictured with his wife, Joan Baines Gathercoal.

In August, 2013, Joan Baines Gathercoal established a scholarship in memory of her late husband and former College of Education Assistant Dean and Professor Emeritus, Forrest Gathercoal, to provide scholarships to students in the College of Education.

Forrest, also known as “Spike,” served as Assistant Dean of the School of Education from 1973 to 1976. While teaching at the School of Education, Forrest developed a new model of classroom management and school discipline that he first published in 1986 under the title, Judicious Discipline.  The model led to eight additional books and numerous articles that expanded this model to other areas including music teaching, coaching, and parenting.

Forrest advocated that on the first day of class educators should introduce themselves by saying, “Good morning students, I am your teacher and I am here to protect your human rights.” Through this one greeting, he says a relationship is established creating a feeling among students that their educational leader is there to help and support each and every one of them as individuals.