Program
New Horizons in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Education Program
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08:00-09:00 | Registration
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09:00-10:15 | Opening Session
Chair: Israel Pecht (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) |
09:00-09:15 |
Opening and greetings
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09:15-10:15 |
Bruce Alberts , UCSF, USA
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10:15-10:45 | Coffee Break
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10:45-12:45 | Session 1- Mini-symposium: Key Knowledge and Skills for Molecular Life Scientists
Chair: Keith Elliott (Manchester, UK) |
10:45-12:45 |
Robin Wright (University of Minnesota, USA)
Scientific teaching: Strategies for applying education research to improve student engagement and performance in science classes Frank Michelangeli (University of Birmingham, UK) Skills and key knowledge for the molecular life sciences degrees Ross Nehm (Stony Brook, NY) Assessing key knowledge and skills in large lecture courses Panel: Robin Wright, Frank Michelangeli, Ross Nehm, Jean-Luc Souciet, Winnie Eskild, Martin Stone |
12:45-14:00 | Lunch break and poster session
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14:00-16:00 | Parallel workshops
Sela Auditorium |
14:00-16:00 |
Workshop 1: Team based learning: Where the magic happens with group work that works!
Ferhan Sagin (Turkey) Schmidt Lecture Hall
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14:00-16:00 |
Workshop 3: Challenges for biochemistry and molecular biology education in the developing world
Gracia Fe B. Yu (University of the Philippines Manila, Philippines) and Phillip Nagley (Monash University, Australia) Presidential reception room
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14:00-16:00 |
Workshop 4: Publishing on education
Chair: Janet Macaulay Erin Dolan (CBE Life Sciences Education), Phillip Ortiz (BAMBED), Angel Herraez (FEBS Open-Bio), Luciane V. Mello (FEBS Open-Bio), Mia Ricci (Wiley) Helen and Martin Kimmel Hall, The David Lopatie Conference Centre
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14:00-16:00 |
Workshop 2: Lecture 3.0: Activating your lectures to engage all learners
Robin Wright (University of Minnesota, USA) Sela Auditorium
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16:00-16:30 | Coffee Break
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16:30-18:30 | Session 2- Mini-symposium: Pre-University Biology Education
Chair: Anat Yarden (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) |
16:30-18:30 |
Ravit Golan Duncan (Rutgers, USA)
How learning progressions can inform the teaching and learning of molecular genetics Jo Ellen Roseman (AAAS, USA) Toward high school biology : Helping students make sense of biological growth in terms of atom rearrangement and conservation Gilmor Keshet (Ministry of Education, Israel) Overview on the teaching and learning of molecular biology in schools in Israel Panel: Benefits and Challenges in teaching molecular biology to high school biology majors Irit Sadeh (Ministry of Education, Israel), Nadira Sahaka (Al-Nahdah Al- Ahliyya Ateed School, Kfar Qara), Shiri-Rivka Masa (Hashalom high-school, Mitzpe-Ramon), Maya Mayrose (Hadash Holon in the spirit of HTH), Omer Choresh (Harishonim High School, Herzliya) |
19:00-22:00 | Trip to Jaffa including dinner
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