July 15-28, 2010 

This 14-day program provides teachers with both detailed information about tropical natural history as well as the pedagogy of teaching students to do research under field conditions. Held at the world famous La Selva Biological Station in a lowland tropical rainforest and Ecolodge San Luis near the Monteverde Cloud Forest, the course includes discussions of tropical ecosystems and their conservation, research projects focused on ecological concepts and organisms, and the development of teaching plans and evaluation techniques appropriate for use in the teachers’ home institutions. The program is open to all secondary and college teachers, with preference given to those early in their careers. CE or graduate credit is available.

Faculty: Dr. Barbara Bentley (variicolor @ earthlink.net) and Dr. Joe Levine (LevineJS @ aol.com)

• Explore tropical ecosystems
• Examine and quantify ecological concepts
• Discuss and evaluate conservation in tropical countries
• Learn field research techniques
• Carry out a research project
• Learn how to teach research
• Develop a teaching plan based on inquiry and the processes of science
• Develop evaluation tools and plans
• Become a member of a team of qualified educators
• Develop programs to train colleagues

Cost: $2450 Full scholarships are available for qualified applicants. Tuition includes room & board, local transportation, and field station use fees; excludes international air fare.

Faculty: Dr. Barbara Bentley and Dr. Joe Levine
Cost: $2450 Full scholarships are available for qualified applicants.
Application Deadline: April 09, 2010 for priority consideration, followed by rolling admission.  
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