The Center for Learning and Teaching in the West will has established
a multi-university program which adds Learning and Teaching value
to existing doctoral programs at the five campuses. The partners
have created a multi-disciplinary group of "Fellow",
cohorts of pre-doctoral and post-doctoral students who will participate
in research to complement and enhance their discipline-based education
and research. A cohort of "Faculty Fellows" from the
campuses will conduct research and team-teach new courses.
The Center will increase both the number of qualified mathematics
and science teachers and the number of qualified individuals
in positions of educational leadership. As importantly, the
Center will result in a stronger educational infrastructure
in the West, with improved undergraduate and graduate-level
coursework and a better understanding of the role technology
can play in the delivery of these courses to benefit all teachers
and students, particularly those in inner cities and in reservation
and/or rural schools. The Center's emphasis on research and
assessment will result in improved teaching and learning for
all students in the West as well as at schools and universities
around the country as the results of the Center is disseminated
nationwide.
The Center Universities are:
Direct inquiries to the Principal Investigators at
each institution:
Elisabeth Swanson
Science/Math Resource Center
401 Linfield Hall
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone: 406-994-6768 Fax: 406-994-3733
e-mail: eswanson@montana.edu
Paul Kennedy
Dept of Mathematics - 1874 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Ft. Collins , CO 80523-1874
Office Phone: 970-491-2497 Fax: 970-491-2161
E-mail: kennedy@math.colostate.edu
Michael Cummings
Department of Geology
PO Box 751
Portland State University
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Phone: 503-725-3395 Fax: 503-725-3025
e-mail: cummingsm@psu.edu
Georgia Cobbs
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
105 Education; 32 Campus Drive
University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812-0864
Phone: 406-243-6052 Fax: 406-243-4908
e-mail: georgia.cobbs@mso.umt.edu
Kathy Cochran
Department Educational Psychology
Ross 2240D, Box 122
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO 80639
Phone: 970-351-1681 Fax: 970-351-1622
e-mail: kathryn.cochran@unco.edu
