New program explores teaching math, science

The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning — a five-year, multi-institutional initiative led by UW–Madison — was launched late March. CIRTL promises to create a living laboratory for exploring new ways to develop and prepare science, math and engineering faculty. It is funded by the National Science Foundation.

CIRTL will manifest itself on the UW–Madison campus as the Delta Program in Teaching and Learning, says Robert Mathieu, a professor of astronomy and a leader of the center.

The program, he says, is intended to help current and future faculty succeed in the changing landscape of science, engineering and math higher education.

With a home base at Science House, the Delta Program will include graduate courses and faculty workshops on teaching and learning, and internships on and off campus. It also will establish an interdisciplinary learning community of graduate and postdoctoral students, and new and experienced faculty.