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National Science Education Leadership Association

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The National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA), founded in 1959 and headquartered in suburban Denver, Colorado, is a U.S.-based international science-education professional society composed of science department heads, supervisors, coordinators, university science and science education faculty, administrators, science resource teachers, teacher advocates, elementary science lead teachers and others.[1] The association holds two conferences annually and publishes The Science Educator, a refereed journal of articles on current science education theory, research, and teaching and learning applications.

NSELA is an affiliate of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)[2] and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).[3]

History

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NSELA was incorporated in 1959 as the National Science Supervisors Association and had its first official conference in 1960 in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Staff, NSELA. "About". nsela.memberclicks.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  2. ^ NSTA, National Science Teachers Association -. "NSTA's Partners: Affiliates". www.nsta.org. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. ^ "AAAS Affiliates". AAAS - The World's Largest General Scientific Society. 2013-06-19. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. ^ Staff, NSELA. "NSELA History". nsela.memberclicks.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.