New Perspectives in Science Education
Ruby Olivares-Donoso
Institution: Departamento de Didáctica, Facultad de Educación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Country: Chile
Ruby Olivares-Donoso is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Didactics, Faculty of Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Ruby obtained her grade in Biology at the Universidad de Chile in 1997 and her PhD in Sciences of Education at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2019. During this period, she researched topics such as the chemically mediated plant-insect interactions, the use of ICTs in science education, and the teaching-research nexus in higher education. In 2018, she was incorporated as an Adjunct Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Since then, she has taught courses in didactics of biology to pre-service secondary biology teachers. Her areas of interest in science education are scientific literacy, the nature of science, and socio-scientific issues such as climate change. Currently, Ruby investigates the experiences of the nature of science held by students of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs with majors in scientific disciplines (Biology, Physics, and Chemistry) and how their experiences change over time. Besides, she evaluates the alignment between what should be taught (scientific knowledge) on climate change and what is taught at the school level in Chile.
Ruby obtained her grade in Biology at the Universidad de Chile in 1997 and her PhD in Sciences of Education at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 2019. During this period, she researched topics such as the chemically mediated plant-insect interactions, the use of ICTs in science education, and the teaching-research nexus in higher education. In 2018, she was incorporated as an Adjunct Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Since then, she has taught courses in didactics of biology to pre-service secondary biology teachers. Her areas of interest in science education are scientific literacy, the nature of science, and socio-scientific issues such as climate change. Currently, Ruby investigates the experiences of the nature of science held by students of Alternative Teacher Certification Programs with majors in scientific disciplines (Biology, Physics, and Chemistry) and how their experiences change over time. Besides, she evaluates the alignment between what should be taught (scientific knowledge) on climate change and what is taught at the school level in Chile.
