Project Description: |
Hope College has received funding from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support a Hughes Science Education Scholars Program at Hope College. Hughes Science Education Scholars are Hope College undergraduates who engage in research, either laboratory-, field-, or science-education based, and in a K-12 science curriculum development project. Hughes Science Education Scholars will spend 10 weeks during the summer working with a Hope College faculty member (or members) and must also commit to post-summer continuation of their research work and to participation in the presentation of their projects and HHMI related events. Hughes Science Education Scholars receive a $4,300 taxable stipend for the summer of participation, half-price summer housing on campus, research funds, and travel funds to attend a conference.
All Hope College students who are considering a career as a K-12 teacher, who have an interest in an extended research and curriculum development experience, and who are not graduating in May or summer 2009 are eligible to apply for a Hughes Science Education Scholars Award and are encouraged to do so. Nursing Department applicants should contact a faculty member in the Nursing Department to discuss potential projects and to request a recommendation. Project dates for the Hughes Science Education Scholars program vary from project to project.
To apply for a Hughes Science Education Scholars Award, students should complete the SHARP application process (selecting this project) and then submit a Hughes Science Education Scholars application, which consists of a personal essay, a research/curriculum plan description, a recommendation form from the faculty member in the Division of Natural and Applied Sciences/Psychology Department you plan to work with and a recommendation form from a faculty member in the Hope College Department of Education, and a cover letter with your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, specific title of your project, and the names of the two faculty members you have asked to submit recommendation forms. The recommendation forms may be obtained by contacting Dr. Sheldon Wettack, HHMI Program Director, at wettack@hope.edu.
Personal Essay: In 2-3 double-spaced pages, write an essay that addresses your career goals and interests and how participating in the Hughes Science Education Scholars program will prepare you for your career. If you are still exploring options for careers, feel free to include in your essay comments on various options you are considering. You may also discuss in your essay how your own values connect to your career choice and how you think your career might impact social and/or civic concerns such as human health, K-12 education, outreach to the public, environmental protection and the like.
Summer Research/Curriculum Development Plan: Provide in 3-5 double-spaced pages, your plan for your curriculum development project (goals and objectives, target students, background, methods, etc.) including how such curriculum activities might help you and your K-12 students better understand the interdisciplinary nature of the sciences. In addition, provide a brief summary of the research activity you will carry out this summer, including the research question you plan to investigate, the research methods you expect to utilize, and how the research relates, if at all, to the curriculum development project. Please also include a bibliography.
Hughes Science Education Scholars applications should be submitted in paper or electronic form to Dr. Sheldon Wettack (wettack@hope.edu), Department of Chemistry, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423. Recommendation forms should be sent directly to Dr. Wettack by the faculty members. All application materials, including completion of the SHARP application process, are due February 20, 2009.
Please contact Dr. Wettack if you have any questions about this HHMI program.
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