New Perspectives in Science Education
Anne O’ Dwyer
Institution: Mary Immaculate College
Address: Mary Immaculate College, South Circular Road,
Country: Ireland
Anne graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and Chemistry from the University of Limerick in 2009. She was awarded a PhD scholarship from the Irish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technology.
Her PhD involved the identification of the difficulties in teaching and learning of Introductory Organic Chemistry in Ireland as well as the development of a Second-Level intervention programme to address these difficulties. She completed her PhD in 2012.
Anne worked as a Science Project Officer in the EPI-STEM, National Centre for STEM Education in the University Limerick for three years. During this time she worked on local Science Education projects as well as two FP7 funded Science Education projects: Teaching Enquiry with Mysteries Incorporated (TEMI) and Chain Reaction. She also taught undergraduate Chemistry pedagogy to pre-service science teachers and Introductory Chemistry on the university Access Programme.
Anne is currently lecturing Science Education to pre-service primary teachers in Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. She has been involved in the development of a Science Elective specialism for pre-service primary teachers.
Areas of interest: Science and chemistry education, primary science, context-based and inquiry-based learning, teacher professional development, cognitive development through science education.
Her PhD involved the identification of the difficulties in teaching and learning of Introductory Organic Chemistry in Ireland as well as the development of a Second-Level intervention programme to address these difficulties. She completed her PhD in 2012.
Anne worked as a Science Project Officer in the EPI-STEM, National Centre for STEM Education in the University Limerick for three years. During this time she worked on local Science Education projects as well as two FP7 funded Science Education projects: Teaching Enquiry with Mysteries Incorporated (TEMI) and Chain Reaction. She also taught undergraduate Chemistry pedagogy to pre-service science teachers and Introductory Chemistry on the university Access Programme.
Anne is currently lecturing Science Education to pre-service primary teachers in Mary Immaculate College in Limerick. She has been involved in the development of a Science Elective specialism for pre-service primary teachers.
Areas of interest: Science and chemistry education, primary science, context-based and inquiry-based learning, teacher professional development, cognitive development through science education.
