Goals

In support of its mission, the Christopher Newport University Institute for Science Education (CISE) has established the following goals. CISE will:

1. promote creativity, critical thinking and problem-solving skills;
2. demonstrate, use and model the power of technology to enhance and enrich the teaching and learning processes;
3. demonstrate to both students and educators a connection between STEM concepts taught in the classroom and those used every day by engineers and scientists;
4. advance the theory and practice of teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics;
5. serve both formal and informal educators as well the parents of homebound and home-schooled children;
6. increase scientific and technological literacy;
7. contribute to the community’s science and engineering goals;
8. support the community’s workforce and economic development initiatives.