NEUROSCIENCE AWARD GOES TO CHERIE STOBIE OF LINDERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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NEUROSCIENCE AWARD GOES TO CHERIE STOBIE OF LINDERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON, DC October 15 – Cherie Stobie, an elementary teacher at Linderman Elementary School on the Flathead Indian Reservation, has been awarded a “Teacher Travel Award” to attend Neuroscience 2004, a scientific meeting in San Diego, October 23 – 27. Stobie is one of five teachers nationwide to receive the award, given by the Society for Neuroscience.
Stobie, who will pursue her master's degree in education leadership at the University of Montana next fall, teaches math for first through fourth grade at Linderman. “I know how important it is to keep up on the latest understandings on brain research and its impact on our education system and individual student success,” says Stobie.
“I am interested in learning about brain research and its implications for teaching and learning,” she says of her plans for the week. “I work with all of our students in reading and math so that any new insights I gain in California can be immediately implemented with 400 students.”
Teachers receiving the award will have the opportunity to attend the wide variety of scientific sessions available. Lectures on spinal cord regeneration, human vision, and Alzheimer's disease are only a few of the many meeting highlights. In addition, there are several education-related workshops designed to help teacher awardees focus more on the needs of their classrooms at home.
“Exposing teachers to groundbreaking neuroscience and methods to convey this material to students allows teachers to bring the newest and best that science has to offer into their classrooms,” says Eric Chudler, chair of the Society's Committee on Neuroscience Literacy. “These discoveries can spark students' interest in science, and encourage students to pursue careers in neuroscience.”
More than 25,000 scientists from around the world will gather to present and discuss the latest developments in neuroscience research, at the 34th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. The meeting will feature more than 17,000 presentations on topics ranging from neuroethics to behavioral disorders.
The Society for Neuroscience, with more than 35,000 members, is the world's largest organization of basic researchers and clinicians who study the brain and nervous system.
