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AN: ED51C-1220    [PDF]
TI: The Benefits and Challenges of Scientist-Educator Partnerships
AU: * Morrow, C A
EM: camorrow@colorado.edu
AF: Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut St, Suite 205, Boulder, CO 80301 United States
AB: Space and Earth scientists who are involved in NSF Science and Technology Centers, NASA missions, and individual research awards have increasing opportunities to plan and implement significant education and public outreach (EPO) programs. This paper will begin by acknowledging the cultural differences between scientists and educators that can inhibit the success of their partnerships, but it will quickly turn an eye to the common ground between scientific research and science education. Scientists and educators have an opportunity to discover common ground in the way scientists practice science and the way science education reform is calling upon educators to teach science. Discovering this common ground can be a useful way of focusing the talents and knowledge of scientists in support of science education.
UR: http://www.spacescience.org
DE: 6605 Education
DE: 7500 SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting