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New K-12 center may be built in Duncan Hall
Kimberly Lien
Issue date: 4/12/07 Section: News
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With a $250,000 donation from the House Family Foundation, construction on the proposed Math and Science Education Research Center is one step closer to beginning.
The Math and Science Education Research Center is the result of a collaborative effort between the College of Science, College of Engineering and College of Education.
Its purpose would be to serve the K through 12 schools of greater Santa Clara County in providing services such as professional development and research equipment loans.
"I am a public school teacher," said College of Science Teacher in Residence Laura Randall. "I need a place to come and borrow materials, and I need a place to get training."
Randall is currently teaching courses at San Jose State University that help prepare future secondary science teachers in their careers. She also supervises student teachers in high schools and middle schools.
Previously, Randall had taught at J.W. Fair Middle School, in the Franklin-McKinley School District, for more than a decade.
According to Lauria Urbanejo, College of Science development director, one of the goals of the center would be to promote and support math and science education at the fourth through eighth grades.
"If somebody gets turned off of science," Urbanejo said, "it would happen early on."
Science Education Program Director Maureen Scharberg explained that the Math and Science Education Research Center would work in a capacity similar to an already existing teaching resource center called RAFT, or Resource Area for Teachers.
RAFT works as a sort of wholesale store for teachers who are looking for a place to purchase school supplies - such as notebooks, pencils and paper - in large quantities for low prices.
"We're not competing against each other," Scharberg said, "because we don't have enough time."
Organizations such as RAFT, Bay Area Earth Science Institute and Santa Clara County Biotechnology Education Program are working together with the Office of the President of SJSU to fund and operate the proposed center.
The Math and Science Education Research Center is the result of a collaborative effort between the College of Science, College of Engineering and College of Education.
Its purpose would be to serve the K through 12 schools of greater Santa Clara County in providing services such as professional development and research equipment loans.
"I am a public school teacher," said College of Science Teacher in Residence Laura Randall. "I need a place to come and borrow materials, and I need a place to get training."
Randall is currently teaching courses at San Jose State University that help prepare future secondary science teachers in their careers. She also supervises student teachers in high schools and middle schools.
Previously, Randall had taught at J.W. Fair Middle School, in the Franklin-McKinley School District, for more than a decade.
According to Lauria Urbanejo, College of Science development director, one of the goals of the center would be to promote and support math and science education at the fourth through eighth grades.
"If somebody gets turned off of science," Urbanejo said, "it would happen early on."
Science Education Program Director Maureen Scharberg explained that the Math and Science Education Research Center would work in a capacity similar to an already existing teaching resource center called RAFT, or Resource Area for Teachers.
RAFT works as a sort of wholesale store for teachers who are looking for a place to purchase school supplies - such as notebooks, pencils and paper - in large quantities for low prices.
"We're not competing against each other," Scharberg said, "because we don't have enough time."
Organizations such as RAFT, Bay Area Earth Science Institute and Santa Clara County Biotechnology Education Program are working together with the Office of the President of SJSU to fund and operate the proposed center.
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