University of Cambridge

Faculty of Education


Learning Science Research Group


The learning science research group is an informal and fluid group of researchers in the Faculty of Education, who meet several times a term for informal seminars to discuss aspects of their own research projects or to hear from colleagues working in related areas. Most members of the group are part of the Faculty's Science, Technology and Mathematics Education Academic Group which is a formal grouping within the Faculty.

Current members of the group are:
group member
 main research interest
Fatin Aliah Phang binti Abdullah
 metacognitive aspects of physics problems solving in upper secondary students
Pam Black
 students' ideas and learning about inheritance
Calvin Dorion
 learning science through drama
Teresa Quail
 models in learning science
Fran Riga
 secondary students' learning about astronomy topics
Dr Keith Taber
 learning in science, including conceptual understanding, development and integration


Congratulations to Calvin on his paper recently accepted for the International Journal of Science Education


Recent members of the group were:

group member
 main research interest
Oktay Bektas *
 student ideas and learning in chemistry / constructivist teaching
Richard Brock
 intuitive learning in physics
Professor Qiyong Cai **
 science curriculum and reform
Valeska Grau
 psychological self-regulation and conceptual development in science in young children


Congratulations to Valeska on being appointed to a university lecturing post in Chile shortly after completing her PhD (under Dr David Whitebread)

* academic visitor from Department of Secondary Science and Mathematics Education, Middle East Technical University, Ankara (11/07-10/08)

** academic visitor from Chongqing Education College,  P.R. China (10/07-09/08)





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