Education

Teaching Interests

I have taught the following at UNI, some more frequently than others:

Inquiry into Life Science

Introduction to Natural History Interpretation

Natural History Interpretation Techniques (advanced)

Natural History Interpretation Internship & Colloquium

Environment/Technology/Society

Bioethics of the Human Genome (Presidential Scholars Seminar)

Orientation to Science Teaching

Developing Science Curriculum (graduate)

Undergraduate Practicum in Biology

Research Interests

Conceptual development in Science--Evolution, Ecology, Genetics; Effective science teaching practices; Expectancy Theory applied to science teacher preparation and retention; Policy and practice toward public scientific literacy; Quantitative and qualitative science education research methodology and program evaluation; Scientific research experience in hormonal metabolism elucidating the biosynthesis pathway of molt hormone Ecdysone in the stone crab Cancer antennarius.

Professional Accomplishments

Weld, Jeffrey & Trainer, Jill, (2007) A Faculty Interdisciplinary Institute as Liberator from ‘Stifling Disciplinary Mythology’, College Teaching (in press, Spring)

Weld, Jeffrey, & Lucas Funk, (2005) Effect of an Inquiry Biology Content Course on Pre-service Elementary Teachers’ Confidence about Teaching Science, Journal of Science Teacher Education. V. 16, n.2

Jeffrey Weld, The Game of Science Education, Pearson/Allyn & Bacon publishers, c. 2004

Weld, Jeffrey, & Jill McNew, (2004). Attitudes Toward Evolution (chapter 3), in Evolution in Perspective, Rodger Bybee, Ed., National Science Teachers Association, Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

Weld, Jeffrey (2004). The Interpretive Manifesto: A capstone event for neo-naturalist-interpreters. Legacy: the journal of the National Association for Interpretation. V.15, n.1

Weld, Jeffrey (2002). Making the Grade. Journal of College Science Teaching, V. 31, n.6.

Jeffrey Weld, (2002). Learner Centered Teaching (chapter 7), in Learning Science and the Science of Learning, Rodger Bybee, Ed., National Science Teachers Association, Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

Weld, Jeffrey, S.J. Heard, and C. Rogers, (2001) Semester-Length Field Investigations in Undergraduate Animal Behavior and Ecology Courses: Making the Laboratory the Linchpin of Science Education, in Practicing Science: The Investigative Approach to Teaching College Science, NSTA Press, 2001.

Responsibilities

Most of my time of late involves managing the Regents Math & Science Education Collaborative Initiative (http://www.uni.edu/pres/math-science/).

Academically, I teach courses in the effective communication of biological science --specifically, I manage, and teach courses for, the Biology Department's Minor in Natural History Interpretation as well as in secondary science teacher preparation.

Grants History Research Avenues for Iowa Science Educators (RAISE) is now on it's second grant for sustenance to 2010.

Community Engagement

I now serve at the request of UNI President Ben Allen as the Iowa Board of Regents statewide Mathematics and Science Education Collaborative Initiative Leader. Try getting that title on a business card...

http://www.uni.edu/pres/math-science/

Skills and Competencies

• Curriculum Development
• Grant Preparation
• Program Evaluation
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Survey Design

This page on Biology Department Website...

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