Today! Inquiry learning in ecology, archeology and sociology: Do multiple inquiry experiences change teachers' conceptions

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Join us for a visiting scholar research talk:

• Wednesday, April 19
• 12:30-1:30 p.m.
• Aderhold Hall Room G23

Tali Tal is the deputy dean of the environmental and informal science education group at Technion — Israel Institute of Technology and a faculty member in the Department of Education in Science and Technology. She is also an associate editor of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching and the editor-in-chief of Ecology and Environment, a peer-reviewed journal in Hebrew. She is a board member of the Israeli Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, and a board member of NARST–A Worldwide Organization for Improving Science Teaching and Learning through Research.

Her research includes science for all students, out-of-school science education and environmental education, and teaching to enhance higher order thinking. Tal is interested in meaningful learning in diverse environments such as classrooms, museums, and in nature. Meaningful learning encourages critical thinking and develops a variety of skills needed by every citizen in science- and technology-oriented democracy.

Refreshments and time for informal Q&A will follow the talk.