Location
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
Start Date
2-5-2001 2:00 PM
Description
Each morning when I wake up, set about my daily chores and prepare for work, I earnestly feel that I am in a privileged position. You see, I work at the Kennedy Space Center with NASA contractor - Delaware North. My job description in KSC's Education Department is as follows: "To teU the NASA story and inspire all people to support the exploration of space". Our mission statement sounds quite simple, however, the work that my fellow educators and I engage in is far from that. Let me say right from the outset, I believe that Educating the Next Generation is one of the greatest responsibilities we face today. Scientists estimate that the very first human to walk on Mars has already been born and is probably attending school - right here in the United States! To meet this great challenge the questions we educators face today are many fold, but two questions are primary:
1) Are we preparing today's youth for that historic odyssey?
2) Can we do better?
Paper Session II-C - Educating the Next Generation
Radisson Resort at the Port, Convention Center, Martinique Room
Each morning when I wake up, set about my daily chores and prepare for work, I earnestly feel that I am in a privileged position. You see, I work at the Kennedy Space Center with NASA contractor - Delaware North. My job description in KSC's Education Department is as follows: "To teU the NASA story and inspire all people to support the exploration of space". Our mission statement sounds quite simple, however, the work that my fellow educators and I engage in is far from that. Let me say right from the outset, I believe that Educating the Next Generation is one of the greatest responsibilities we face today. Scientists estimate that the very first human to walk on Mars has already been born and is probably attending school - right here in the United States! To meet this great challenge the questions we educators face today are many fold, but two questions are primary:
1) Are we preparing today's youth for that historic odyssey?
2) Can we do better?
Comments
Paper Session II-C - Educating the Next Generation
Session Chair: Richard Fisher, Program Director, Challenger Learning Center, Tallahassee, FL
Session Organizer: Jane Mosconi, NASA