Don’t stop learning! We’ve all received that message for the last 30 years, and now research specifies its importance. For example, a new study from Rice University shows the importance of further professional development for STEM teachers.<\/p>\n
The team at Rice followed mathematics teachers for six years after they took a continuing education program for inquiry-based teaching. The STEM education researchers then looked at their students’ academic paths. Students whose teachers participated in the program were more likely to major in a STEM subject than students in other teachers’ classes. Among Black female students, those whose teachers took the inquiry-based teaching program were twice more likely to choose a STEM major than those in the control group.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s [inquiry-based teaching] about exploring science and math through real phenomena and asking a lot of questions,\u201d said Carolyn Nichol, an associate research professor of chemistry and director of Rice University\u2019s Office of STEM Engagement. \u201cAn important part is ensuring teachers don\u2019t go into the classroom and just start talking about things in a language that seems foreign to students.\u201d<\/p>\n
Press release:<\/strong> https:\/\/www.newswise.com\/articles\/black-girls-benefit-most-when-stem-teachers-train-up<\/a><\/p>\n The International Committee of the Red Cross\/Crescent (ICRC) formed a Virtual Reality Innovation unit in 2014. Over the past nine years, the unit partnered with outside agencies to innovate and develop VR environments to teach soldiers about International Humanitarian Law.<\/p>\n More information<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.icrc.org\/en\/what-we-do\/virtual-reality<\/a><\/p>\n Looking for a new teaching job? The Media Arts and Sciences program at MIT is hiring. The institute is inviting applications for a tenure-track faculty member in Transformative Design.<\/p>\n MIT is seeking applicants with research, teaching, and creative practice experience in merging design, computation, storytelling, and societal impact. The successful candidate will have a vision for how design helps to solve societal and environmental problems.<\/p>\n Press release<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.media.mit.edu\/posts\/assistant-professor-associate-without-tenure-tenure-track-faculty-search-transformative-design\/<\/a><\/p>\n K16 solutions partnered with Edward Tian<\/a>, the Toronto-born Princeton student who created GPTZero<\/a>, Inc<\/a>., the first AI detector in response to the use of ChatGPT to complete academic assignments. The partners claim the combination of Tian\u2019s tool with K16\u2019s data migration and management system will enable institutions to receive analytical reports about thousands of student online submissions \u2013 from essays to forum contributions to tests — for the potential for AI-generated content.<\/p>\n “We understand the broader implications this type of AI technology will have on higher education,” said\u00a0Ben Murray, Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer at Saint Mary’s University\u00a0of\u00a0Minnesota, whose institution is testing the new combination of technologies. “While the future of how this will be applied in higher ed is still unknown, we are pleased to be at the forefront of collaborating with some of the most renowned leading-edge education technology companies to test their solutions to this problem.”<\/p>\n Press release<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/gptzero-and-k16-solutions-combine-technologies-to-provide-higher-ed-its-first-breakthrough-scalable-artificial-intelligence-ai-detection-solution-301748787.html<\/a><\/p>\n Disclosure notice: The EdTech News is compiled and distributed by the Edusity family of companies, including <\/em>Edusity<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>The Babb Group<\/em><\/a>, <\/em>Professor Services<\/em><\/a> and <\/em>Cudoo<\/em><\/a>. 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