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cv details
update: APR-04-2009
[Education] [Experience] [Awards & Fellowships] [Funding]
A newspaper article about me and my work: [hands-on science]
Education
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Ph.D.
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Science Education (Minors: Research in Social & Behavioral Science, Chemistry) School of Science and Technology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS, 1987.
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M.Sc.
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Physics
(Minors: Chemistry, Applied Mathematics) Julius-Maximilians
University, Würzburg, Germany, 1979.
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Majors: Physics, Mathematics. Röntgen Gymnasium, Würzburg,
Germany, 1973.
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Experience
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1997 Jan
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Lansdowne Professor, Applied Cognitive Science. (University of Victoria, British Columbia )
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1999 |
Grade 7 science. (Bayside Middle School, Brentwood, British Columbia
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1998 |
Grade 7 science. (Bayside Middle School, Brentwood, British Columbia)
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1995-96 |
Associate Professor, Research Methods, Science, Mathematics, & Technology Education. ( Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser
University, Burnaby, British Columbia)
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1992-95
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Assistant Professor, Research Methods, Science, Mathematics, &Technology Education. (Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia )
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1994 - 1995 |
Grade 6-7 science. (Ross Road Elementary School, North Vancouver, British Columbia)
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1994 |
Grade 7 science, French immersion. (Ross Road Elementary School, North Vancouver, British Columbia )
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1989-92 |
Department Head of Science (Grade 4 - 12, OAC), Physics (12 & OAC); Science in Society (OAC); AP (university) physics. (Appleby
College, Oakville, Ontario)
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1990 |
Lecturer: Physics for Elementary Teachers. (University of Victoria, British Columbia)x
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1989
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Assistant Professor, Science Education, Computers in Elementary Science. (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN)
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1988-89
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Assistant Professor, Science Education. (Indiana University, Bloomington, IN)
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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)
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1986-87
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Teaching& Research Assistant, Physical Science; Science in the Elementary Schools; Physical Chemistry (undergraduate); Physical Chemistry Lab, (graduate). (University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS)
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1983-86 |
Teacher, Computer Science (10 - 12), Physical Science (9 - 11). (Lewisporte Integrated High School, Lewisporte, Newfoundland)
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1980-82 |
Teacher, Biology (7), Physical Science (8, 9), Mathematics (8, 9) (St. Paul's River, Québec)
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1976-79 |
Research Assistant & Independent Researcher: (Sonderforschungsbereich 92, Julius-Maximilians University,
Würzburg, FRG)
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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.)
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2006
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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)).
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2006
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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)).
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2005
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AERA Division K Award for Exemplary Research in Teaching and Teacher Education 2005 (American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, April 2005.).
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2003
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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).
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2003
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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).
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2002
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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.).
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2001
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EARLI
2001 Award. (Outstanding research article published in peer-reviewed journal) Freiburg, Switzerland, August 2001.
(with M. K. McGinn, C. Woszczyna, & S. Boutonné)
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2000 |
AETS Award I for the Outstanding Science Educator 1999. Akron, Ohio, January 8, 2000. (Association
for the Education of Teachers of Science.) |
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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)
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1999 |
Research Fellow: Hanse Institute for Advance Studies (Cognitive neurosciences and information sciences). (Delmenhorst, Germany, May-July 1999.)
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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)
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1995 |
Research Fellow: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst [DAAD] (Kiel, Germany, Sep-Dec 1995): Situated cognition in high school neurobiology. (DAAD = German Academic Exchange Service.)
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1995
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Research Fellow: Center for Science and Mathematics Education [CSME] (Queensland U of Tech, Jun-Aug 1995): Situated cognition in physics.
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1995
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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.
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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.
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1994 |
NARST Award 1994, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Anaheim, April 1994. (with G. M.
Bowen)
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1993
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NARST
Early Career Research Award 1993 (for outstanding and programmatic research in science education). National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 1993.
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1993 |
NARST Award 1993, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, April 1993.
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1992 |
Wendy MacDonald Research Fellowship 1992-1993. Simon Fraser University.
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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.
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| 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. |
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