INVITATIONAL FORUM: EXEMPLARY PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES IN TEACHER PREPARATION

5:30 p.m. Registration
6:30 p.m.

Welcome


Leslie Berlowitz, Executive Officer, Academy of Arts and Sciences
6:40 p.m.

Opening Address -- The Urgency -- The Pressing Needs For Attention To Teacher Preparation

Nils Hasselmo, President, Association of American Universities

Panelists:
Howard Hiatt, Dean (Emeritus)
Harvard School of Public Health
Ronald Latanision, Professor of Material Science and Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Renee Clift, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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7:00 p.m.

Dinner
Monday, October 1, 2001
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

General Session -- A National Research Council Proposal To Address The Current Pressing Needs For Teacher Education In Science


Introduction:
Nils Hasselmo, President, Association of American Universities

Speakers:
Jay Labov, Deputy Director, Center for Education, National Research Council
Sally Goetz Shuler, Executive Director, National Science Resources Center, Smithsonian Institute -- The National Academies

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10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Breakout 1 -- Involving Faculty and Their Research in Initial Teacher Preparation at the Undergraduate Level
12:15 a.m. - 1:15 a.m.

Lunch
1:30 a.m. - 3:00 a.m.

Breakout 2 -- Involving Faculty and Their Research in Initial Teacher Preparation at the Graduate Level, Including Alternative Routes to Teacher Certification
3:15 a.m. - 4:15 a.m.

General Session -- Campus Contexts: The Important Responsibility of Teacher Education on Research Intensive Campuses


Introduction:
Nils Hasselmo, President, Association of American Universities

Speakers:
Mary Sue Coleman, President, The University of Iowa

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4:30 a.m. - 6:00 a.m.

Breakout 3 -- Involving Faculty and Their Research in the Continuing Education of Teachers
7:00 p.m.

Dinner
Tuesday, October 2, 2001
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.

Plenary -- Research & Evaluation: The Need for Research, and Dissemination of Exemplary Practices Integrating Research with Teacher Preparation


Introduction:
Nils Hasselmo, President, Association of American Universities

Speaker:
Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Professor, Teacher Education, Lynch School of Education, Boston College

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10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.

Breakout 4 -- Involving Faculty and Their Research in the Initial and Continuing Preparation of Teacher Educators


12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Wrap-Up -- A Reflection On The Conference And Agenda For The Future


Introduction:
Nils Hasselmo, President, Association of American Universities

Panelists:
Charles Read, Dean, School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Renee Clift, Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ron Latanision, Professor, Dept. of Material Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ingrid Merkel, Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Studies, The Catholic University of America

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