[Education] [Experience] [Awards & Fellowships] [Funding]

A newspaper article about me and my work: [hands-on science]

Education

Ph.D.	Science Education (Minors: Research in Social & Behavioral Science, Chemistry) School of Science and Technology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1987.
M.Sc.	Physics (Minors: Chemistry, Applied Mathematics) Julius-Maximilians University, Würzburg, Germany, 1979.
College	Majors: Physics, Mathematics. Röntgen Gymnasium, Würzburg, Germany, 1973.

 

Experience

1997 Jan -	Lansdowne Professor, Applied Cognitive Science. (University of Victoria, British Columbia )
1999	Grade 7 science. (Bayside Middle School, Brentwood, British Columbia )
1998	Grade 7 science. (Bayside Middle School, Brentwood, British Columbia)
1995-96	Associate Professor, Research Methods, Science, Mathematics, & Technology Education. ( Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia)
1992-95	Assistant Professor, Research Methods, Science, Mathematics, &Technology Education. (Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia )
1994 - 1995	Grade 6-7 science. (Ross Road Elementary School, North Vancouver, British Columbia)
1994	Grade 7 science, French immersion. (Ross Road Elementary School, North Vancouver, British Columbia )
1989-92	Department Head of Science (Grade 4 - 12, OAC), Physics (12 & OAC); Science in Society (OAC); AP (university) physics. (Appleby College, Oakville, Ontario)
1990	Lecturer: Physics for Elementary Teachers. (University of Victoria, British Columbia)x
1989	Assistant Professor, Science Education, Computers in Elementary Science. (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN)
1988-89	Assistant Professor, Science Education. (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN)
1988	Associate Researcher and Lecturer: Physical Science; Science in the Elementary Schools (undergraduate); Science in the Elementary Schools, (graduate). (University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS)
1986-87	Teaching& Research Assistant, Physical Science; Science in the Elementary Schools; Physical Chemistry (undergraduate); Physical Chemistry Lab, (graduate). (University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS)
1983-86	Teacher, Computer Science (10 - 12), Physical Science (9 - 11). (Lewisporte Integrated High School, Lewisporte, Newfoundland)
1980-82	Teacher, Biology (7), Physical Science (8, 9), Mathematics (8, 9) (St. Paul's River, Québec)
1976-79	Research Assistant & Independent Researcher: (Sonderforschungsbereich 92, Julius-Maximilians University, Würzburg, FRG)

 

Awards & Fellowships

2009	Distinguished Contributions Award from the National Association for Research in Science Teaching for continued contributions to, leadership in, and sub-stantial impact on science education through research.
2009	Fellow of the American Educational Research Association for education researchers with sub-stantial research accomplishments. (February 2009)
2009	Fellow of the American Association of Advancement of Science for meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.
2008	AERA SIG Advanced Technologies for Learning /Learning Sciences Best Paper Award 2008 (with Pei-Ling Hsu).
2007	Fellow of the British Society. (September 2007)
2007	The Coast Under Stress research team, of which I was a member, received the University of Victoria 2007 Craigdarroch Award for Societal Contribution.
2007	The book Improving Urban Science Education (Eds. K. Tobin, R. Elmesky, & G. Seiler) to which I contributed the chapter entitled "Organizational Mediation of Urban Science," received the Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title 2006.
2006	2006 CEA-Whitworth Award for Education Research (Canadian Education Association.)
2006	Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence 2006 (Outstanding Paper "The (unlikely) trajectory of learning in a salmon hatchery," Journal of Workplace Learning. (with Yew Jin Lee)).
2006	Mouton d'Or 2006 (To the author of the best article each year in SEMIOTICA. The article is selected by an independent international jury. (with Michael H.G. Hoffmann)).
2005	AERA Division K Award for Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education 2005 (American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, April 2005.).
2003	Most Influential Article of 40 Years: Roth, W.-M., & Roychoudhury, A. (1994). Physics students' epistemologies and views about knowing and learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 31, 5-30 is one of 13 articles judged to have, perhaps, the greatest influence among the many published during the first 40 years of the journal's publication. (2003).
2003	NARST Award 2003 (Paper with greatest significance and potential in the field of science education) National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Diego, April 2003).
2002	CHOICE Award for Outstanding Academic Title 2002 ("Selected for their excellence in scholarship and presentation, the significance of their contribution to the field, and their value as important--often the first--treatment of their subject." Choice Magazine, January 2003.).
2001	EARLI 2001 Award. (Outstanding research article published in peer-reviewed journal) Freiburg, Switzerland, August 2001. (with M. K. McGinn, C. Woszczyna, & S. Boutonné)
2000	AETS Award I for the Outstanding Science Educator 1999. Akron, Ohio, January 8, 2000. (Association for the Education of Teachers of Science.)
1999	EARLI 1999 Award (Second Prize). (Best research article published in peer-reviewed journal) Göteborg, Sweden, August 1999. (with C. McRobbie, K. Lucas, & S. Boutonné)
1999	Research Fellow: Hanse Institute for Advance Studies (Cognitive neurosciences and information sciences). (Delmenhorst, Germany, May-July 1999.)
1997	NARSTAward 1997 (Paper with greatest significance and potential in the field of science education) National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Diego, April 1998. (with R. Duit, M. Komorek, & J. Wilbers)
1995	Research Fellow: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst [DAAD] (Kiel, Germany, Sep-Dec 1995): Situated cognition in high school neurobiology. (DAAD = German Academic Exchange Service.)
1995	Research Fellow: Center for Science and Mathematics Education [CSME] (Queensland U of Tech, Jun-Aug 1995): Situated cognition in physics.
1995	NARST Award 1995 (Paper with greatest significance and potential in the field of science education) National Association for Research in Science Teaching, San Francisco, April 1995.
1994	AERA Div K-Kappa Delta Pi Research Award 1994 (for outstanding and programmatic research in teaching and teacher education). American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, 1994.
1994	NARST Award 1994, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, April 1994. (with G. M. Bowen)
1993	NARST Early Career Research Award 1993 (for outstanding and programmatic research in science education). National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 1993.
1993	NARST Award 1993, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, April 1993.
1992	Wendy MacDonald Research Fellowship 1992-1993. Simon Fraser University.

 

Funding

2009	Co-investigator (2009-2012). Discursive psychology and social technology: Investigating Web 2.0 in educa-tion. (PI: Norm Friesen) Social Sciences and Humani-ties Research Council of Canada, #410-2009-0014: $68,000.
2009	Principal Investigator (2009-2012). Life transitions and the changing nature of thinking and speaking: building a 4th generation cultural-historical activity theory. So-cial Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Can-ada, #410-2009-0014: $123,907.
2008	Co-principal investigator (2008-2010). Emotional tran-sitions: Exploring professional transitions of science teachers. (PI: Steve Ritchie) Australian Research Coun-cil Discovery Grant DP0984394: $250,000.
2007	Co-principal investigator (2007-2008). Understanding the nature of science and scientific progress: A theory-building approach. Canadian Council on Learning. $50,000. (PI M. Scardamalia)
2006	PI (2006-2009). Identity in science/mathematics: A cultural historical approach to the role of motive, motivation, and emotion in mediating participation and learning. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, #410-06-0007: $151,436.
2006	co-PI (2006-2009). Embodied knowing and learning in elementary mathematics. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, #410-06-????: $139,582.
2005	PI (2005-2010). Pacific Center for Scientific Literacy. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, # : $999,000.
2003	PI (2003-2006). Navigating knowledge boundaries between formal education and workplace. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canad, #501-03-0021: $204,000.
2003	PI (2003-2006). Gestures in science and mathematics learning. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada #410-03-0125: $140,679.
2001	Co-PI (2001-2002). The nature and scope of contextualized learning of ICT skills by pre-service teachers in their final practica Grades 6-9 (Rick Bell, PI; M. Robertson). British Columbia Ministry of Education: $30,000.
2000	Co-Investigator and Co-chair Arm 1 (2000-2005). COASTS UNDER STRESS: The Impact of Social and Environmental Restructuring on Environmental and Human Health in Canada (Rosemary Ommer PI). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council #412-1999-1007: $6,190,356. (Subproject: $111,000)
2000	Principal Investigator: How does Abstract Knowledge Develop from Activity? The Gesture Link. Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant, April 2000: $2,748.
1999	Principal Investigator (1999-2002). Learning in Heterogeneous and Overlapping Knowledge-Building Communities. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, #410-99-0021: $120,000.
1999	Principal Investigator: Community in transformation: impact of environmental activism. Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant, April 1999: $3,000.
1998	Principal Investigator: Small-group interactions during physics lectures. Excellence in Teaching Program. (With George Beer and Charles Card, Physics Department.) $5,000.
1997	Principal Investigator: Educational multimedia: Learning tools or exaggerated hype? Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant, May 1997: $2,000
1997	Director: Multimedia analysis and interaction laboratory for multidisciplinary research on knowing, learning, and teaching in schools and workplace settings. University of Victoria: $45,000.
1996	Principal Investigator (1996-99). From legitimate peripheral to core participation in authentic mathematical and scientific practices. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, #410-96-0681: $ 147,000.
1995	DAAD Fellow (1995): Situated cognition in high school neurobiology. Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst[German Academic Exchange Service]: $3,200.
1993	Principal Investigator (1993-96): Socio-cultural aspects ofscience learning: Analysis and development of collaborative learning environments. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, #410-93-1127: $ 150,000.
1993	Principal Investigator (1993-96): Engineering for elementary teachers and students. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada M-812-93-0006: $56,380.
1992	Co-investigator (with Terry Teather) (1992-3): Collaborative fraction knowledge construction. Ministry of Education British Columbia, November 1992: $4,500.
1989	Co-director (with Dorothy Gabel) (1989): Frontiers in physics,chemistry, and the teaching of science. Indiana Commission for Higher Education: $32,500.
1988	Principal Investigator (with Bobby N. Irby): Evaluation of the Mississippi Science Curriculum Structure K-6. Mississippi Department of Education, June 1988: $7,700.