2006 Vince Walencik Mairch 21, 2006 Plainfield

Before we can change student attitudes we must change educator attitudes

Dr. Vince Walencik, Professor in the department of curriculum and teaching at Montclair State University

Tuesday, March 21^st, 2006 2:00pm - 4:00p

Plainfield Campus Annex

A new scientific or technological breakthrough occurs every seventeen minutes. Today's students will see humans walk on Mars. The old teaching methods got us to these wonderful achievements! But will they work as schools attempt to prepare students for the unknown challenges ahead. How can we as educators change? What "blocks" keep us from attempting to find "best practice"? LEARN TO TEACH LIKE " NO ONE IS WATCHING"

This will be a sign interpreted event

RSVP: Theresa Cosmas cosmas@ucc.edu or ext. 3563

This event is sponsored by the Faculty Professional Development Committee, Plainfield Campus Educational Seminars Committee and the LPN department under the Perkins Educational Vocational Grant. (light refreshments will be provided)

Vince Walencik

Dr. Vince Walencik is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Montclair State University. Vince received his doctorate from Rutgers University. He has studied design and technology at the University of California, England and Scotland.

Dr. Walencik’s teaching philosophy centers on changing teacher behavior in order to better prepare students for the continual rapid changes in occupations due to technological innovations. He has worked with educators to design curriculum integration and critical thinking/problem solving activities from pre-k through the corporate levels. Dr. Walencik has assisted the Ministry of Education of the government of Egypt in developing the foundation for a national curriculum based on critical thinking and problem solving as a means of integrating the curriculum. He has delivered an address at the centennial celebration of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia. During the past several years Vince has worked with the National Science Foundation funded Statewide Systemic Initiative in Math, Science and Technology Education. He presented at the Second Jerusalem International Science and Technology Conference in Israel sponsored by the United Nations.

Dr. Walencik was selected as one of three trainers for the National Center to Advance the Teaching of Technology and Science. He presented at the UNESCO conference on science and technology in Germany. He assisted the Educational Testing Service of Princeton, NJ in revising the Technology Education Praxis Exam. Vince worked in Bogotá, Colombia with teachers in incorporating problem based learning into the curriculum. Vince has worked with numerous vocational programs at both the high school and post-secondary levels.Of all his accomplishments, his ultimate gratification continues to be the honor of working with educators who live and work in the “trenches” attempting to prepare students for the unknown challenges of the twenty-first century.