STEM Education Conference, July 12-15 Vancouver, Canada

[lmtoconnor .]

A related FYI:
a senator here in Oregon talks about STEAM education, keeping Arts &
Culture in the mix.

Loretta


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Phillip E Cash Cash <
cashcash at email.arizona.edu> wrote:

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> STEM Education Conference <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/>
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> July 12-15, 2014
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> Vancouver | Canada
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> *STEM Education and Our Planet ­ Making Connections Across Contexts*
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> Come join us this July for the *3rd International Conference of STEM in
> Education*, registration <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/registration> is open.
> This 4-day conference provides an opportunity for local and international
> educators and researchers from schools, universities, businesses,
> industries and other agencies to share and discuss *innovative practices
> and research initiatives* designed to advance STEM education.
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> The preliminary program<http://stem2014.ubc.ca/conference-details/program-outline/>
>  and list of presentations <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/presentations> for the
> STEM 2014 Conference are now available, with over 220 presentations plus
> networking events, complimentary entry to sponsor attractions, and an
> opportunity to tour some of the world-class facilities at The University of
> British Columbia.
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> *KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:*
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> *John Hepburn*, Vice President Research and International | Canada
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> *Opening Address*
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> *David Clarke*, International Centre for Classroom Research | Australia
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> *Disciplinary Inclusivity in Educational Research Design: Permeability and
> Affordances in STEM Education*
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> *John Robinson*, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability
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> *Next Generation Sustainability at UBC*
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> *Yoshikazu Ogawa*, National Museum of Nature and Science (NMNS), Graduate
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> *Communication between the Public and Museums: Development of Lifelong
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> *Wolff-Michael Roth*, Applied Cognitive Science | Canada
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> *STEM Curriculum Through the Eyes of the Learner: The Unseen and therefore
> Unforeseen*
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> *Rina Zazkis*, Mathematics Education Simon Fraser University | Canada
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> *Imagining Teaching via Scripting Tasks*
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> *Elizabeth Croft*, Collaborative Advanced Robotics & Intelligent Systems
> Laboratory System (CARIS) | Canada
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> *The Next Generation of Women in STEM: Making Transformative Change*
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> *Ding Ming Wang*, Graduate Institute of Human Resource Management | Taiwan
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> ·       4-days of leading-edge STEM presentations
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> ·       Networking reception
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> ·       Banquet dinner
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> ·       Exhibitor Area
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> ·       Complimentary entry to sponsor attractions ­ *Museum of
> Anthropology, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, Science World, HR MacMillan Space
> Centre, Vancouver Aquarium, UBC Botanical & Centre for Plant Research*
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> ·       Tours of the *TRIUMF Facility* (Canadian National Lab for
> particle and nuclear physics) and the*Centre for Interactive Research on
> Sustainability.*
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> Learn More & Register Today <http://stem2014.ubc.ca/>!
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