Five years ago when I came to UBC to become an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education, I had a dream of engaging our Teacher-Candidates in Mathematics and Science Education in an informal way – I wanted them to… Read more4th Math & Science Family Day a Huge Success
This is a short interview about my research in science education and science teacher education and how I see the role of technology in this process.
Once again we are getting ready for the Mathematics and Science Family Day. This event has become a tradition in the faculty. It is our fourth time organizing it. This time it became even more important as the dispute between the… Read more4th Mathematics and Science Family Day – November 1st, 2014
I just came back from attending the 5th International Women in Physics Conference in Waterloo, ON. The conference was sponsored by IUPAP (International Union of Pure and Applied Physics). It welcomed 215 attendees from 52 countries all across the world… Read more5th International Women in Physics Conference
In a few days May will be over and summer will begin! I know, the summer is not going to be officially here till June 21st, but for me, the summer starts on June 1st and ends on August… Read moreSTEM 2014 Conference at UBC: The Countdown
Dear friends: I would appreciate if you could help me distribute this information among your colleagues (K-12 and university teachers and students) and friends who might be interested in taking part in my summer graduate course exploring technology use in… Read moreUBC Summer Grad Course in Technology-enhanced STEM Education
While this might be considered immodest to write about oneself, but it is my blog and I can share my feelings about receiving this very special for me award. Anybody who cares about his or her teaching knows that… Read moreKillam Teaching Award
I am honoured to be invited to present an invited talk at Korean Association of Science Education National Conference that will take place at Daegu University in February of this year. As I am preparing and practicing my talk Using… Read moreUsing Educational Technology to Promote Inquiry in Science Teacher Education
I just came back from the AAPT Winter 2014 National Meeting. My team presented 4 presentations there: two posters and two contributed talks. Our presentations focused on the use of technology in physics teacher education. One piece of technology we… Read moreAAPT 2014 Presentations: Spotlight on PeerWise
I am very fortunate to attend the winter 2014 Conference of the American Association of Physics Teachers. It gives me an opportunity to stay up with physics education, to learn from my colleagues and to share what we are doing… Read moreAAPT Winter 2014 Conference
