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Educational Background
B.Sc. (Hons), P.G.C.E. University of Birmingham, U.K.; M.Ed., Ed.D., University of Massachusetts Lowell
Scholarly Interests
The development of new science teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge
Bio Sketch
Publications
Recent Print and Videos:
2003 Factors influencing the development of the career-change teacher's science teaching orientation. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 14(3), 217-234
2001 Science is part of the big picture. Article reprinted in Teaching Teachers: Bringing First-Rate Science to the Elementary Classroom (pp 1-3). Arlington, VA: NSTA Press
1999 Preservice and inservice science teachers in partnership through EarthVision. Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Boston, Massachusetts. (found at ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED44690)
1998 "Learning science at a distance". Education, 118 (3), 349-352
Looking at Learning - Eight VIDEOS. CPB/Annenberg Nationally Distributed Video Material. Harvard-Smithsonian Science Media Group CPB/Annenberg Professional Development Channel Video Series Content guide and printed materials contributor.
Grants:
2003-2006 Project EXCEL – Exchanging Careers Enhancing Learning Funded by the NSF Robert Noyce Foundation.
2003-2006 Science Education Online – In collaboration with UMass Amherst. Funded by the NSF with UMass Amherst
2003-2004 STEP UP (Science Teacher Enhancement Program for Urban Professionals) Funded by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
1998-99 The Influence of University Methods Courses on the Practice of Novice Science and Mathematics Teachers (with R. Panasuk). Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Education
1998- 00 EarthVision 2000 Funded through a contract from the Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio State University
Advisory Boards:
2003 Harvard - Smithsonian Science Media Group - Physical Science Video Series funded by CPB/Annenberg Foundation
2001 Teacher Education Research Council (TERC) - NSF funded project - Earth Science by Design
Manuscript reviewer:
Journal of Research in Science Teaching
Consulting:
Lowell Public Schools - Review of PK-5 Science Curriculum (2003)
Lowell Public Schools - PK-5 Science Curriculum Guide (2002)
Lowell Public Schools - 6-8 Science Curriculum Assessment Guide (2002)
Lowell Public Schools - 6-8 Science Curriculum Guide (2001)
Critical Mass - NSF funded content knowledge workshops for middle school science teacher in the school districts of Hudson and Fitchburg, Massachusetts (2000)
EnLIGHTening Science - Professional development workshop series for 24 elementary teachers from six school districts in EDCO (Educational Consortium). Funded through a Massachusetts Department of Education Eisenhower grant. (1999)
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