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Educational Programs at the Center for Adaptive Optics

Educational Programs at the Center for Adaptive Optics. Lisa Hunter Associate Director, Education & Human Resources Center for Adaptive Optics February 18, 2004. Copy of this presentation available at: http://cfao.ucolick.org/EO/meetings/. Center for Adaptive Optics.

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Educational Programs at the Center for Adaptive Optics

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  1. Educational Programsat the Center for Adaptive Optics Lisa Hunter Associate Director, Education & Human Resources Center for Adaptive Optics February 18, 2004 Copy of this presentation available at: http://cfao.ucolick.org/EO/meetings/

  2. Center for Adaptive Optics • NSF Science and Technology Center. 1 of 5 funded in 1999, at $4million/yr for 5 years. Renewed until 2009. • Headquarters at UC Santa Cruz • Director: Jerry Nelson • Deputy Director: Claire Max • 11 university nodes • Over 40 partner institutions (research, education, gov., industry) • Integrates research and education into four major themes • Funded to make new discoveries in research and education - innovation in an interdisciplinary environment ASTRONOMY EDUCATION ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY With AO Without AO VISION SCIENCE Images of single cells in the living human retina

  3. Broader access to CfAO fields • Internships: • Short Course • Research • Communication Grad students • Changes in: • Practices • Tools • Partners Professional Development Workshop (inquiry training) “Teaching Labs” Univ. & CC students COSMOS: CfAO Course Cluster Postdocs Inquiry is a central feature High school students Major CfAO Educational Programs

  4. Inquiry in action “Table Top Optics” Inquiry “Stars, Sight and Science” CfAO COSMOS Course Cluster Taught by Scott Severson & Lynne Raschke

  5. Broader access to CfAO fields • Internships: • Short Course • Research • Communication • Changes in: • Practices • Tools • Partners “Teaching Labs” Univ. & CC students COSMOS: CfAO Course Cluster High school students CfAO Professional Development Workshop Grad students Professional Development Workshop (inquiry training) Postdocs

  6. 35-40 grads and postdocs/year • Trained to teach science using inquiry • Design their own inquiry activities • Use inquiry to learn about theories of teaching and learning CfAO, Exploratorium, UCSC Ed Dept., CILS Workshop stimulated new UCSC course: Ed 286 “Teaching Science for Scientists” CfAO Professional Development Workshop Grad students Professional Development Workshop (inquiry training) Postdocs

  7. Broader access to CfAO fields • Internships: • Short Course • Research • Communication Grad students • Changes in: • Practices • Tools • Partners Professional Development Workshop (inquiry training) “Teaching Labs” Univ. & CC students Postdocs Stars, Sight and Science: CfAO/EPC collaboration COSMOS: CfAO Course Cluster High school students

  8. Course cluster includes astronomy & vision science • Use inquiry-based teaching & project based learning • In 2004 Marine Ecology COSMOS instructor will attend CfAO workshop and incorporate inquiry Stars, Sight and Science: CfAO/EPC collaboration COSMOS: CfAO Course Cluster High school students

  9. Grad students • Changes in: • Practices • Tools • Partners Professional Development Workshop (inquiry training) “Teaching Labs” COSMOS: CfAO Course Cluster Postdocs High school students Internship Program Broader access to CfAO fields • Internships: • Short Course • Research • Communication Univ. & CC students

  10. Internship Program • 5-day short course prepares interns • “Teaching lab” • Pilot modules • Partnerships • Research at a CfAO site • Communication skills throughout with symposium at end • 29 students to date • 5 have grad applications in (4 to UC’s); 3 are underrep minorities Broader access to CfAO fields • CfAO Internships: • Short Course • Research • Communication Univ. & CC students

  11. Proposal to NIH (M. Chemers, PI) to study UCSC programs • CfAO interest: what aspects of our internship might apply more broadly? • New CfAO/EPC collaboration, based on NIH proposal, now being proposed for CfAO funding UCSC Programs: • How do our activities influence participants’: • Inquiry skills • Leadership skills • Teamwork skills • Self-efficacy related to above skills COSMOS ACCESS MARC MBRS/IMSD DEEP CAMP ACE UC LEADS MEP SURF What can we learn from successful UCSC research internship programs? • CfAO Internships: • Short Course • Research • Communication

  12. Summary • CfAO workshop combined with practical experience in “informal” programs has been very successful • Our future faculty members have learned to teach with inquiry, and are reflective teachers • Interest is growing among non-CfAO graduate students • The community created around education has a very positive effect on the graduate school experience • Informal learning environments are an ideal first step in changing formal classroom science teaching • University infrastructure, resources, and support are essential in transforming innovation (grants) to real change • Our most successful work comes from our collaboration with our Education Department and the Educational Partnership Center

  13. Without AO With AO Adaptive Optics VISION SCIENCE ASTRONOMY Images of the living human retina can detect eye disease at early stages. AO compensates for the blurring caused by aberrations in the Earth’s atmosphere as demonstrated by these images of Neptune

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