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Convocation Agenda
Thinking Evolutionarily:
Evolution Education Across the Life Sciences
Organized by:
Board on Life Sciences, National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
Co-hosted by Carnegie Institution for Science
1530 P St., NW, Washington, DC
October 25-26, 2011
We sincerely thank the National Academy of Sciences, the Burroughs-
Wellcome Fund, the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, the
Carnegie Institution for Science, and the National Science Foundation
through a Research Coordination Network/Undergraduate Biology Edu-
cation grant to the University of Oklahoma for their generous support of
this convocation.
DAY 1: EXPLORING THE OPPORTUNITIES AND
SETTING THE STAGE FOR FUTURE ACTION
Tuesday, October 25
Registration, First Floor Foyer
11:15 AM
Lunch
Available beginning at 11:30, Rotunda (2nd floor)
12:00 PM
Auditorium Welcome and Introductions
- Jay Labov, National Research Council and National
Academy of Sciences
- Maxine Singer, President Emerita, Carnegie Institution
for Science
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- Susan Kassouf, Program Officer, Christian A. Johnson
Endeavor Foundation (sponsor)
- Cynthia Beall, Chair of the Convocation’s Organizing
Committee and Moderator
12:15 PM
Auditorium The Case for Thinking Evolutionarily Across the Life
Sciences
- Introductory Undergraduate Biology Courses: Gordon
Uno, University of Oklahoma and PI for the NSF’s
Research Coordination Network for Undergraduate
Biology Education (special advisor to the Committee
and PI of the NSF/RCN-UBE grant that is sponsoring
this convocation).
- Judy Scotchmoor, Museum of Paleontology, University
of California, Berkeley
Questions and Discussion
1:15 PM
Auditorium Can This Approach Improve Student Learning of
Evolution? The Evidence Base
- Ross Nehm, Ohio State University
Questions and Discussion
2:00 PM
Rotunda Break and opportunity for further networking
2:15 PM
Auditorium Expanding Curricular Opportunities to Introduce
Evolutionary Thinking Across the Grade Spans—
Brief Presentations and Panel Discussion
- Spencer Benson, University of Maryland: The Role of
Evolution in the Restructured Advanced Placement Biology
Course
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- Celeste Carter, National Science Foundation: Vision and
Change in Undergraduate Education
- William Galey, Howard Hughes Medical Institute:
Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians
- Kristin Jenkins, National Evolutionary Synthesis
Center and Member of the Organizing Committee:
NESCENT Programs Promoting Evolutionary Thinking
- Mark Schwartz, New York University: Evolutionary
Medicine in Biology and Pre-Med Courses
Discussion and Questions
3:15 PM
Auditorium Who Are the Audiences We Are Trying to Reach with
this Initiative?
- Cynthia Beall, moderator
3:45 PM
Auditorium How Can Evolutionary Thinking Help Address
the Controversies Surrounding the Teaching of
Evolution?: A Faculty Forum
- Betty Carvellas, National Academies Teacher Advisory
Council
- David Hillis, University of Texas, Austin
- Paul Strode, Fairview High School (Boulder, CO)
- Marlene Zuk, University of California, Riverside
4:30 PM
Breakout
Rooms First Breakout Sessions: Exploring the Issues In
Greater Depth
The colored dot on your name badge indicates the
breakout session to which you have been assigned. Each
of these breakout sessions will contain a mix of people
with different kinds of expertise. The goal of each
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session will be to explore in depth one of the issues
raised in earlier sessions and report back ideas for next
steps to all participants. Each group will be facilitated
by a member of the organizing committee. Each group
will appoint one person to present an overview of
the group’s ideas and suggestions at the end of the
morning. Each group will decide when to call a break.
Group 1 (yellow dot, Ballroom): What constitutes
evolutionary thinking? What approaches are needed
to educate faculty and departments about the value
of evolutionary thinking in their own courses and
programs?
Facilitated by Nancy Moran, Yale University
Group 2 (blue dot, Board Room): What additional
evidence is needed to convince biologists of the value
of evolutionary thinking? How can that evidence best
be gathered through an organized program of research?
Who should undertake and sponsor such research?
Facilitated by Ida Chow, Society for Developmental
Biology, and Paul Beardsley, California Polytechnic
University
Group 3 (green dot, Mayor Room): How can
evolutionary thinking become more firmly connected
with other emerging efforts to improve life sciences
education? In what ways should these efforts be
influenced by different target audiences?
Facilitated by Gordon Uno, University of Oklahoma,
and Kristin Jenkins, National Evolutionary Synthesis
Center
5:30 PM
Auditorium Reports from Breakout Groups (10 minutes each plus
discussion)
6:15 PM
Auditorium Closing Remarks, Announcements, and Charge for
Day 2
- Cynthia Beall
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6:30 PM
Auditorium Adjourn for the Day
Evening Dinner on Your Own for Participants (see
accompanying list of suggested restaurants in the
Dupont Circle area)
DAY 2:
PLANNING FOR FUTURE ACTIONS TO INFUSE EVOLUTIONARY
THINKING ACROSS LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION
Wednesday, October 26
7:30 AM Breakfast
Available in the Rotunda
8:00 AM
Auditorium Synthesis, Reflections on Day 1 and on Moving
Forward
- Robert Pennock, BEACON Center for the Study of
Evolution in Action, Michigan State University
8:45 AM
Auditorium Reactions and Further Discussion
- Panel of Committee Members- Open microphone for
participants
9:15 AM
Auditorium Expanding Resources for Teaching Evolutionary
Thinking
- Paul Beardsley (member of the organizing committee),
California Polytechnic Institute
- Joseph Levine, Pearson Education and Co-Author
(with Kenneth Miller) of Biology
- Judy Scotchmoor, Director, Understanding Evolution
and Understanding Science Websites, Museum of
Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
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- John Jungck (Beloit College, BioQuest)
Discussion and Questions
10:00 AM
Auditorium Moderated Panel Discussion: Next Steps: Potential
Roles of Key Players
- James Collins (Arizona State University and member
of the organizing committee), President of American
Institute of Biological Sciences
- Jaclyn Reeves-Pepin, Executive Director, National
Association of Biology Teachers
- Joseph LaManna, President, Federation of American
Societies for Experimental Biology
- Amy Chang, Director of Education Programs,
American Society for Microbiology
10:30 AM
Rotunda Break and opportunity for further networking
11:00 AM
Auditorium Moving Evolution Education Forward: Why Evolution
and Evolutionary Thinking Are Integral Components
of Molecular Biology of the Cell
- Bruce Alberts, University of California San Francisco,
Editor-in-Chief, Science
Questions and Discussion
12:00 PM Second Breakout Sessions: Moving from Vision to
Breakout Action (Working Lunch)
These sessions are designed to have people with
Rooms –
similar interests and expertise meet with each other
Lunch is
to craft action items that can be carried forward. Your
available in
group should: develop up to three action items that can
the Rotunda
be undertaken by colleagues in the sector your group
represents in the next six months; discuss how your
action items might connect with at least one of the other
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sectors represented in breakout groups; and discuss
how the National Research Council and National
Academy of Sciences might assist your efforts.
Group 1 (Board Room): Faculty who teach courses in
biology and evolution.
Facilitated by Irene Eckstrand, National Institutes of
Health, and Nancy Moran, Yale University
Group 2 (Mayor Room): Funders of programs in life
sciences education.
Facilitated by James Collins, Arizona State University,
and Kristin Jenkins, National Evolutionary Synthesis
Center
Group 3 (Ballroom): Representatives from Professional
Societies.
Facilitated by Ida Chow, Society for Developmental
Biology
Group 4 (Auditorium): Curriculum Developers and
Education Researchers.
Facilitated by Gordon Uno, University of Oklahoma,
and Paul Beardsley, California Polytechnic Institute.
1:30 PM Reports from Breakout Groups (10 minutes each plus
discussion)
2:30 PM Closing Thoughts and Reflections
- Members of the Organizing Committee, Other
Participants
3:00 PM Adjourn
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