Research

As a teacher, you're involved in a lot of professional development activities. We believe that if you choose to share your limited time with us, we owe it to you (and the NIH) to research the impact of our collaborative efforts. We will want to hear about your experience in the classroom - what worked and what didn't, the adaptations you made, and your perceptions of your own growth - and we will work with you to better understand how your own knowledge and practices have grown and changed.

It is also important for us to see how the effort we've all invested impacted your students. We will provide you with pre and post tests and surveys and ask that you administer these in your classroom and return them to us. We will do the analysis and provide you with a personalized report of your students' growth in science knowledge and their attitudes towards science. Also, as a member of the BioQ Collaborative, your insights will always be solicited as we continue this research and publish our findings.

Presentations and academic papers:

Kanter, D. E. (2005, March). "'Learning and Teaching Human Biology,' A Curriculum-driven Practice-based Approach to Teacher Education." Presented at the Seventh Annual Chicago Symposium Series on Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and Science: Research and Practice. Evanston, IL.

Kanter, D. E. (2005, March). "Using Nutrition and Health Projects to Teach Middle and High School Science." Invited talk at the 20045 Northwestern Memorial Hospital Advances in Medicine and Science for Teachers: Teaching Nutrition. Chicago, IL.

Kanter, D. E. and D. Forbus (2005, January). "Curriculum-driven Practice-based Professional Development." Workshop conducted at the Association for the Education for Teachers in Science. Colorado Springs, CO.

Kanter, D. E. and E. Kemp (2004, November). "A Project-based Middle School Science Curriculum Uses Students' measurements of their Oxygen Consumption to Support Inquiry Teaching in Chicago Area Public Schools." Hands-on workshop conducted at the National Association of Biology Teachers 2004 Convention. Chicago, IL.

Kanter, D. E. and J. Gallagher (2004, November) "A Project-Based High School Biology Curriculum Uses Computer-based Cell Culture to Support Inquiry Teaching in Chicago Public Schools." Hands-on workshop conducted at the National Association of Biology Teachers 2004 Convention. Chicago, IL.

Related information:
Chicago Public Schools
Catalyst Chicago
CPS efforts to improve student health - including health education through I, Bio and Disease Detectives