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'''Science Education at the Crossroads''' is an annual national [[academic conference]], currently funded by the [[National Science Foundation]], designed to enable various stakeholders in [[science education]] to confer in a legitimate and productive manner. The conference also claims to offer an alternative to the standard model of
== Philosophy ==
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Crossroads originated from a disenchantment with more [[professional conference|traditional education conferences]]. As a consequence, Crossroads was designed, utilizing the [[Vexation and Venture]] format, to make generative discussions a deliberate feature of the conference.
Crossroads has a history of finding a specific place and space each year for conferring. Oscillating from venue to venue has allowed each year to have its own character, as well as allow people from specific regions to have more access to the conference. Crossroads has been held at the following venues:
<li>Storrs, CT (2005)</li>
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<li>Amherst, MA (2007)</li>
Crossroads has a history of inviting poets as keynotes to its conferences. These have included:
<li>[[Taylor Mali]] (2005)</li>
<li>[[Jimmy Santiago Baca]], joined by [http://www.yurcic.com/ Jason Yurcic] (2006)</li>
<li>[http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/97 Marilyn Nelson] (2007)</li>
Crossroads has also established a line of work that has called for scholarly work in science education to reach out to create significant impact in education. This has been referred to as "scholar activism" by David Moss, Crossroads' first keynote speaker in 2005 <ref> Moss, D. M. (2005). Toward scholar activism. Keynote address given at the Science Education at the Crossroads Conference, October 9-11, University of Connecticut.</ref>. Other speakers have included John Settlage in 2006 <ref> Settlage, J. (2006). Prospects of pragmatism: The generation of science education adventurists. Keynote address given at the Science Education at the Crossroads Conference, September 28-30, Ogden, UT.</ref> and Adam Johnston in 2007 <ref> Johnston, A. (2007). Orchestrations of Science Education Adventurism. Keynote address given at the Science Education at the Crossroads Conference, September 23-25, Amherst, MA.</ref>.
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== See also ==
[[Vexation and Venture]] conference format
== Relevant Links ==
[http://www.sciedxroads.org Science Education at the Crossroads main site]
== References ==
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[[Category:Science education]]
[[Category:Educational research]]
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