Featured Speaker
Ellyn Daugherty
Biotechnology Education in Texas: Preparing Students for Careers in Bioscience
Saturday 10:45-12:00, Ballroom D
We are in the "Age of Biotechnology" and the fast-growing biotech industry needs skilled scientists and technicians, business people with science backgrounds, and a citizenry that is not biotech phobic. As Texas attracts biotech companies through economic development programs, all students need experiences in biotech labwork, bioethics, and biotech career exploration early enough to make choices that lead to careers in bioscience. Biotechnology courses are an opportunity to teach science in a way that more closely duplicates what real researchers and technicians do. At the same time, biotech courses can prepare students to make the best academic and career choices. Ellyn Daugherty is helping teachers at community colleges and high schools throughout the country develop programss that focus on biotechnology laboratory skill development and career exploration. Ellyn has taught biotechnology since 1988. She is the Author, Lead Teacher, and Program Administrator for the San Mateo High School Biotechnology Career Pathway. Her website (www.BiotechEd.com) contains a collection of teacher support materials and information about upcoming workshops. Ellyn’s curriculum is being used at dozens of community colleges and her program, in all or part, is being duplicated at several high schools.
Sponsored by: Sargent-Welch
