Undergraduate Chemistry Education: A Workshop Summary (2014)
Chapter: Appendix B: Workshop Agenda
WEDNESDAY MAY 22, 2013
Welcome and Opening of the Workshop
8:30 Introduction to the Workshop and Its Goals: Patricia A. Thiel, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
Drivers and Metrics: Evaluating the Need for Change
8:40 Introduction to the Session by Chair: Miguel Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Angeles
8:45 The Role of the ACS Guidelines for Bachelor’s Degree Programs: Anne McCoy, The Ohio State University
9:15 Is American Science in Decline?: Alexandra Killewald, Harvard University
9:45 A PCAST Perspective on STEM Education in the New Millennium: S. James Gates, Jr., University of Maryland
10:15 Break
10:45 Chemistry and the Pre-medical Curriculum: The Impact of MCAT2015: Joel Shulman, University of Cincinnati
11:15 Lessons Learned at NSF: Susan Hixson, NSF (retired)
11:45 Discussion
12:15 Lunch break
Industry Perspectives: Is There a Need for Change?
Chair: Emilio Bunel, Argonne National Laboratory
12:45 Panelists:
Shannon Bullard, DuPont Chemical Company
David E. Harwell, Assistant Director, Career Management and Development, American Chemical Society
Francine Palmer, Director, Research and Innovation North America, Rhodia/Solvay
Robert Peoples, Executive Director, Carpet America Recovery Effort
1:30 Break
Innovations and Barriers (Part 1)
Chair: Mark Cardillo, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
2:00 Introduction to the Session: Mark Cardillo
2:15 Propagating Meaningful Reform in Chemistry Education and the Relative Roles of Enthusiasm and Evidence, Thomas Holme, Iowa State University
3:00 Teaching Introductory Chemistry with a Molecular and Global Perspective: The Union of Concepts and Context: James G. Anderson, Harvard University
3:30 Survey of Large-Classroom Reforms: Clark Landis, University of Wisconsin, Madison
4:00 What Gets Measured Is What Gets Learned: Assessing Student Understanding: Angelica Stacy, University of California, Berkeley
4:30 Open Comment and Discussion Period
5:00 Adjourn for the day
THURSDAY MAY 23, 2013
8:30 Welcome to the Second Day of the Workshop: Mark Cardillo, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
Innovations and Barriers (Part 2)
Chair: Mark Cardillo, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
8:40 Today’s Students and Tomorrow’s Leaders: Integrated Concentration in Science: Scott Auerbach, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
9:10 Online Education and MOOCs: Experience with 3.091x, Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry: Michael Cima, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
9:40 Taking Off the Training Wheels: Dealing with Risk, Failure, and Uncertainty: Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign
10:20 Break
Wrap-Up Panel Discussion Among Department Chairs
Chair: William Carroll, Occidental Chemical Corporation
10:40 Panelists:
Michael Doyle, University of Maryland
Miguel Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Angeles
Sarah A. Green, Michigan Technological University
Susan Olesik, The Ohio State University
Jeffrey Reimer, University of California at Berkeley
William Tolman, University of Minnesota
11:45 Closing Remarks: Patricia A. Thiel, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University
12:00 Workshop Adjourns
