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Jan Eberhardt
Assistant Director
209 N. Kedzie Lab
(517) 432-3882, Ext. 102
eberhar3@msu.edu
Jan Eberhardt is assistant director of the Division of Science and Mathematics Education. She comes from a biology and environmental education background with a master's degree in Education.
She has developed several education programs focused on science for students (K-20), in-service teachers, school administrators, faculty and state-level administrators. Currently she is PI and project director of a National Science Foundation funded ($4.1 million) project, entitled "Problem-Based Learning Designed for Science and Mathematics Professional Development."
The goals of this five-year project are to (1) develop, implement and study the impact of a subject matter-focused, Problem-Based Learning professional development model; and to (2) design ways of incorporating Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into key subject matter and teacher preparation courses taken by pre-service teachers, and study the impact on pre-service teachers' learning.
This cross-institutional collaborative project will investigate the applicability of using PBL to assist (1) teachers in analyzing and changing their instructional practice; (2) faculty in incorporating PBL into pre-service and in-service courses; and 3) professional developers in the design of effective professional development.
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