Peter Chin My research
interests can be found in the areas of teacher education and science
education. Within teacher education, my research focuses on the
complexities of the practicum setting (from both the teacher
candidate’s and school associate’s perspectives) and how we can improve
our understanding of this setting through the establishment of
collaborative communities of practice. A related
area of research stems from my interest in workplace learning.
Specifically, with my colleagues Hugh Munby, Nancy Hutchinson, we
have been conducting research on high school students working in
co-operative education contexts with a science focus. We wrote a
discussion paper for the Council of Ministers of Education (CMEC)
highlighting the research issues that need to be addressed in
high-school co-operative education, and we are now working on our third
SSHRC-funded research grant in this area. For more information, go to
the Co-operative Education
and Workplace Learning (CEWL) website on the faculty’s research
page. Additional research is being conducted on a 2-year SSHRC-HRDC
grant that also includes Denise Stockley
at Joan Versnel as co-investigators. In science
education, I am concerned with the implications for teaching and
learning when one attends to constructivist learning theories, metacognition, multicultural/inclusive science,
and issues within the philosophy of science. As part of the I also have
a growing interest in international education, and the work of the Teachers’ Overseas
Recruiting Fair. Courses that I am
teaching or that I have recently taught: CURR 305 - Intermediate/Senior
Chemistry methods PROF 191 - Theory and
Professional Practice EDST 436 - Introduction to
Schools and Teaching (for MAS concurrent candidates) EDST 446 - Science & Teaching
as Investigative Arts FOCI 255 - Educators Abroad
Program Focus EDUC 841 - Topics in Science
Education (graduate course) EDUC 890 - Introduction to
Educational Research (graduate course) EDUC 890 - Topics in Qualitative Research (graduate course)
EDUC 910 - The Traditions of Curriculum (graduate course)
The
following link is to the Science Education Resource web page, which is
maintained by teacher candidates in our secondary science program. In
addition to an annotated list of links to science teaching resources,
the web site also contains unit plans, demonstrations, and book reviews
developed by the teacher candidates in my methods courses over the
years.
Last updated November
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