CRDG’s 10-year partnership with the University of Hawai’i’s interdisciplinary Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (EECB) program in the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Teaching Fellows in K–12 Education (GK–12) program came to an end this year just as CRDG’s Linda Venenciano…
Early Childhood Education Curriculum Revisits Inquiry Theory
In 1966, Arthur R. King, Jr. and John A. Brownell articulated a theory of curriculum practice founded on the idea that the basis for liberal and general education should be a community of learners engaging in inquiry. King was given…
Project Pono, An Environmental Stewardship Program
A new initiative in the school this year, spearheaded by science teacher Miki Tomita, is Project Pono, an environmental stewardship and service-learning elective course that provides opportunities for students to learn about and engage in practices that promote environmental awareness…
Community Comes Together to Teach Teachers About Island Energy
CRDG’s Teaching Science as Inquiry (TSI) program partnered with the Maui Economic Development Board to present their Island Energy inquiry workshop statewide this year. Piloted in 2009 on Maui, the workshops were geared toward science standards for grades 5–12 and…
New Curriculum Products in Development
Curriculum developers in the STEM fields were busy this year with two new textbook projects. Mathematics faculty are collaborating with the Center for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education at Iowa State University to create a new algebra text…