Workshop on Undergraduate Chemistry Education

Workshop on Undergraduate Chemistry Education

National Academy of Sciences

Washington, DC

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

Chair: Miguel Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Angeles

8:40Introduction to the Session: Miguel Garcia-Garibay

8:45 The Role of the ACS Guidelines for Bachelor's Degree Programs: Anne McCoy, Ohio State University

9:15 Is American Science in Decline?: Alexandra Killewald, Harvard

9:45A PCAST Perspective on STEM Education in the New Millennium: S. James Gates Jr., University of Maryland

10:15Break

10:45Chemistry and the Premedical Curriculum: The Impact of MCAT2015: Joel Shulman, University of Cincinnati

11:15Lessons Learned at NSF: Susan Hixson, NSF (retired)

11:45Discussion

12:15Lunch (lunch will be provided)

Industry Perspectives: Is There a Need for Change?

Chair: Emilio Bunel, Argonne National Laboratory

12:45Panelists:

Shannon Bullard, Human Resources and Program Manager, DuPont

David E. Harwell, Assistant Director, Career Management and Development,American Chemical Society

Francine Palmer,Research & Innovation Director for North America, Solvay

1:30 Break

Innovations and Barriers (Part 1)

Chair: Mark Cardillo, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

2:00Introduction to the Session: Mark Cardillo

2:15Propagating Meaningful Reform in Chemistry Education and the Relative Roles of Enthusiasm and Evidence, Thomas Holme, Iowa State University

3:00Teaching Introductory Chemistry with a Molecular and Global Perspective: The Union of Concepts and Context: James G. Anderson, Harvard University

3:30Survey of Large-Classroom Reforms: Clark Landis, University of Wisconsin, Madison

4:00What Gets Measured is What Gets Learned: Assessing Student Understanding: Angelica Stacy, University of California, Berkeley

4:30Open Comment and Discussion Period

5:00 Adjourn for the day

Thursday May 23, 2013

8:30Welcome to the Second Day of the Workshop: Mark Cardillo, Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation

Innovations and Barriers (Part 2)

Chair: Emilio Bunel, Argonne National Laboratory

8:40Introduction to the Session: Emilio Bunel

8:45Today's Students and Tomorrow's Leaders: Integrated Concentration in Science: Scott Auerbach, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

9:15Online Education and MOOCs: Experience with 3.091x, Introduction to Solid-State Chemistry: Michael Cima, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:45Taking Off the Training Wheels: Dealing with Risk, Failure and Uncertainty: Jeffrey Moore, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

10:15Break

Wrap-up Panel Discussion among Department Chairs

Chair: William Carroll, Occidental Chemical Corporation

10:30Panelists:

Michael Doyle, University of Maryland

Miguel Garcia-Garibay, University of California, Los Angeles

Sarah A. Green, Michigan Technological University

Susan Olesik, Ohio State University

Jeffrey Reimer, University of California at Berkeley

William Tolman, University of Minnesota

11:50Closing Remarks

Patricia A. Thiel, Ames Laboratory and Iowa State University

12:00Workshop Adjourns

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