Summer Workshop

Thank you for your interest.  This year's workshop has filled and registration for it is now closed.  if you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please email Carolyn Wright at nccsts@buffalo.edu

We will hold our annual 2-day fall conference on Case Study Teaching in Science on September 20-21, 2013. The conference has tracks for beginners as well as experienced case teachers. Registration for it will open in April.

Description: Our five-day workshop focuses on training science faculty to teach with case studies, to write their own cases, and to assess their students’ learning with cases. The first three days of the workshop focus on learning the case study method, with demonstrations and time to prepare cases of your own.   During the final two days of the workshop, all participants are required to teach a case before a student audience using a case they have developed during the workshop. In addition, workshop participants are expected to produce a case study within six months of the workshop for our national, peer-reviewed case collection.

Dates:  May 13-17, 2013

Location:  120 Clemens Hall, North Campus, University at Buffalo, State University of New York (see campus maps and directions).

Cost: $850.

Registration Fee Covers:   All workshop sessions, materials, computer access, and meals as follows: lunch, Monday-Friday, and dinner, Monday-Thursday.  (We will offer a light, continental breakfast each morning at the workshop; guests of the Ramada Hotel receive a full breakfast buffet as part of their stay there.)

Does Not Include:   Travel or accommodations. We have made arrangements at a nearby hotel, the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center, at a special rate of $76 per night.  Rates and rooms will be held until April 11, 2013. When you make your reservation at the Ramada, you must mention that you are with the Case Study Workshop to get the special rate.

Registration:   We have filled this year's workshop and registration is closed.  To be placed on the waiting list, contact Carolyn Wright at nccsts@buffalo.edu

Cancellation Policy:   Registration cancellation requests must be in writing and must be received by us no later than Monday, April 22, 2013.  Please send cancellation requests to Carolyn Wright’s attention via email (nccsts@buffalo.edu) or fax (716-645-2975).  No refunds will be given after April 22, 2013.  A $100 processing fee will apply to ALL registration cancellations.  There will be no refunds for individuals who register for the workshop but do not attend.

Intended Audience: The workshop is open to anyone interested in science education, including high school teachers and international teachers.  Past workshops have included instructors of biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, computer science, mathematics, geology, geography, psychology, anthropology, nursing, dentistry, medicine, engineering, science education, and other related disciplines.

Workshop Director:   Dr. Clyde (Kipp) Herreid is a Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Biological Sciences Department at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York.   He has conducted numerous workshops around the country on case method teaching, team learning, and problem-based learning.   He is the author of a column on case studies regularly featured in the Journal of College Science Teaching and is the Director of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science.

If you have questions, please contact:

Carolyn Wright
Workshop Coordinator

National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science
716-645-4900
nccsts@buffalo.edu