[neact] Fwd: National Academy of Sciences report on DBER

From: carypq <carypq@xxxxxxx>
To: neact@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 14:31:52 -0400 (EDT)
Hey NEACT'ers,
We're all in this together!
Best,
Cary


-----Original Message-----
From: Bretz, Stacey Lowery Dr. <bretzsl@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: CER <CER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, May 21, 2012 4:30 pm
Subject: National Academy of Sciences report on DBER


Good afternoon,

It is with great pleasure that I call your attention to a report released today 
by the National Academy of Sciences via the National Research Council Board on 
Science Education:

http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=13362

The report, entitled "Discipline-Based Education Research: Understanding and 
Improving learning in Undergraduate Science and Engineering," prominently 
features chemistry education research (CER), as well as physics (PER), biology 
(BER), engineering (EER), geology (GER), and astronomy (AER) education 
research, 
collectively under the umbrella term of "DBER" (pronounced dee-ber).

I would urge you to read this report and share it broadly with your grad 
students, post-docs, faculty colleagues, P&T committees, department chairs, 
deans, etc. Please note the rules for sharing NRC reports:

http://www.nap.edu/content/help/about_pdf.html

You can download your own PDF of the report free of charge at

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13362

but should not distribute the pdf yourself. You may, however, circulate the 
URL, 
put a widget on your website, or use a variety of social media tools (click on 
the "+share" button, Tweet, facebook, etc.). Directions for the social media 
options are provided via the above URL. Following these procedures ensures that 
everyone downloads the most up-to-date, authoritative version of the report.

Lastly, in a moment of personal privilege, I would like to note that CER was 
represented on the committee that authored this report by Melanie Cooper of 
Clemson University and myself. The NRC has prepared slides for members of the 
committee to use at conferences and in giving talks about the report. For 
example, a report will be made at the upcoming TRUSE conference

http://www.chem.purdue.edu/towns/truse/

Should you wish to invite Melanie or myself to give such a report at an 
upcoming 
conference or as a departmental seminar, etc., please feel free to contact us.

Sincerely,
Stacey


Stacey Lowery Bretz
Professor of Chemistry
Chair, Board of Trustees, ACS Examinations Institute

Miami University
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
651 E. High Street
Oxford, OH 45056

513-529-3731 voice
513-529-5715 fax
bretzsl@xxxxxxxxxx
http://www.users.muohio.edu/bretzsl
[neact] Fwd: National Academy of Sciences report on DBER

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