BER Upcoming Events

Date
Event and Information

21-24 March 1997 The 1997 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Oak Brook, IL, on March 21- 24, 1997. The theme for this year's conference is Making a Difference: Building a Coherent Theory of Learning. This meeting, like the association's journal, the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, focuses on fairly specialized science education research, rather than on "how-to-do-it" type activities, but there is still a great deal of stimulating and useful information presented. You can get more information from the Program Chair, Audrey Champagne, University of Albany, Albany, NY, 12222; 518-442-5982, fax 518-442-5008.

3-6 April 1997 The Annual Convention of the National Science Teachers' Association will be held from 3-6 April 1997, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The deadline for paper proposals has passed, but proposals are still being accepted for the several NSTA regional conventions: October 17-19 in Phoenix, Arizona; October 31-November 2 in Atlanta, Georgia; and November 21-23 in Toronto, Canada. More information is available from NSTA, attn: Conventions, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 22201-3000; (703) 312-9221; or conventions@nsta.org. The 1998 National Convention will be April 16-19 in Las Vegas, and the deadline for proposal submissions is May 1, 1997.

2-4 May 1997 The fourth Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference will be held in the Miami Beach area on May 2-4, 1997. The theme of this conference will be non-lecture based learning, which will include lab, group projects, discussion-based learning, etc. For more information, please contact Robin Patterson, Assistant Professor, Butler County Community College, Oak Hill Drive, Butler, PA 16003; (412) 287-8711 ext 365.

10-14 June 1997 The Annual Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education will be held at The University of Calgary, Alberta, from June 10-14, 1997. The Chair of the Host Committee is: Dr. Charles (Chuck) Curry, Department of Biology, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4; (403) 220-6697. The ABLE page includes the Call for Workshops, for which the deadline was October 1, 1996 (start planning for next year!).

22-26 June 1997 The Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will hold its annual meeting at Oregon State University from June 22-26, 1997. Education-oriented proposals for papers and concurrent sessions are being accepted until April 10. For more information, contact Roger Christensen, Department of Biology, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR 97520; 503-552-6747; rchristi@wpo.sosc.osshe.edu.

3-7 August 1997 The American Institute of Biological Sciences will hold its 1997 annual meeting in Montreal, Canada, from August 3-7. Contact Marilynn Maury, AIBS Meeting Department, for more information: 703-758-1212 (voice), 703-758-1222 (fax). Also watch the journal BioScience for the Call for Proposals, which usually comes out in February. The member societies of AIBS have their own calls for proposals in their own journals - of especial interest may be the Botanical Society of America (see the American Journal of Botany), which has an active teaching section.

If you are planning or know of an event you'd like to see listed, send the information to BER and we'll include it on this page.

Date	Event and Information
21-24 March 1997	The 1997 Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Oak Brook, IL, on March 21- 24, 1997. The theme for this year's conference is Making a Difference: Building a Coherent Theory of Learning. This meeting, like the association's journal, the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, focuses on fairly specialized science education research, rather than on "how-to-do-it" type activities, but there is still a great deal of stimulating and useful information presented. You can get more information from the Program Chair, Audrey Champagne, University of Albany, Albany, NY, 12222; 518-442-5982, fax 518-442-5008.
3-6 April 1997	The Annual Convention of the National Science Teachers' Association will be held from 3-6 April 1997, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The deadline for paper proposals has passed, but proposals are still being accepted for the several NSTA regional conventions: October 17-19 in Phoenix, Arizona; October 31-November 2 in Atlanta, Georgia; and November 21-23 in Toronto, Canada. More information is available from NSTA, attn: Conventions, 1840 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, 22201-3000; (703) 312-9221; or conventions@nsta.org. The 1998 National Convention will be April 16-19 in Las Vegas, and the deadline for proposal submissions is May 1, 1997.
2-4 May 1997	The fourth Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference will be held in the Miami Beach area on May 2-4, 1997. The theme of this conference will be non-lecture based learning, which will include lab, group projects, discussion-based learning, etc. For more information, please contact Robin Patterson, Assistant Professor, Butler County Community College, Oak Hill Drive, Butler, PA 16003; (412) 287-8711 ext 365.
10-14 June 1997	The Annual Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education will be held at The University of Calgary, Alberta, from June 10-14, 1997. The Chair of the Host Committee is: Dr. Charles (Chuck) Curry, Department of Biology, The University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr., Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4; (403) 220-6697. The ABLE page includes the Call for Workshops, for which the deadline was October 1, 1996 (start planning for next year!).
22-26 June 1997	The Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will hold its annual meeting at Oregon State University from June 22-26, 1997. Education-oriented proposals for papers and concurrent sessions are being accepted until April 10. For more information, contact Roger Christensen, Department of Biology, Southern Oregon State College, Ashland, OR 97520; 503-552-6747; rchristi@wpo.sosc.osshe.edu.
3-7 August 1997	The American Institute of Biological Sciences will hold its 1997 annual meeting in Montreal, Canada, from August 3-7. Contact Marilynn Maury, AIBS Meeting Department, for more information: 703-758-1212 (voice), 703-758-1222 (fax). Also watch the journal BioScience for the Call for Proposals, which usually comes out in February. The member societies of AIBS have their own calls for proposals in their own journals - of especial interest may be the Botanical Society of America (see the American Journal of Botany), which has an active teaching section.
	If you are planning or know of an event you'd like to see listed, send the information to BER and we'll include it on this page.