 | Larry Bencze phone: (416) 978-0079 email: larry.bencze@utoronto.ca website: http://www.lbencze.ca/ | |
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Academic History Ph.D., Education University of Toronto Curriculum, Teaching & Learning (CTL) 1995 B.Ed., Biology-Chemistry Queen‘s University Faculty of Education 1977 M.Sc., Biology Queen‘s University Faculty of Arts & Science 1977 B.Sc., Biology Queen‘s University Faculty of Arts & Science 1974 Research Overview RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: STEPWISE (Science & Technology Education Promoting Wellbeing for Individuals, Societies & Environments). For more information, refer to: http://www.stepwiser.ca. Teaching Overview CTL 1200: Science in the School Curriculum: Elementary CTL 1201: Science in the School Curriculum: Secondary CTL 1209: Current Issues in Science and Technology Education CTL 1211: Action Research in Science & Technology Education CTL 1212: Curriculum Making in Science: Some Considerations in the History, Philosophy & Sociology of Science CTL 1799: Science and Technology Education and the Global Economy CTL 1799: Independent Knowledge Construction in Science & Technology CTL 1801: Action Research and Professional Practice Professional Activities Co-Editor of an Online Community-reviewed Journal •Journal of Activist Science and Technology Education (online at www.wepaste.org); Second Co-Editor is Steve Alsop, Professor, York University (We are founding editors). Guest Editor of a Refereed Journal •Alsop, S., & Bencze, J. L. (2010). Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 10(3). Editorial Board Membership •Journal of Activist Science and Technology Education •Research in Science Education •Cultural Studies of Science Education Invited Talks at Universities •Bencze, J. L. (2009). Spending your cultural capital on projects for the common good. A seminar for faculty and students, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia, May 1, 2009. •Bencze, J. L. (2009). Science & technology education for the people & the planet. A lecture to pre-service Primary teachers, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, Australia, April 29, 2009. •Bencze, J. L. (2008). Science inquiry for the people and the planet. A presentation at the Science and Mathematics Centre, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Aug. 4, 2008. Keynote Addresses •Bencze, J. L. (invited). Students‘ inquiry-based actions for personal, social & environmental wellbeing. A Keynote Address at the annual conference of the Australian Science Teachers Association, Sydney, Australia, July 4-7, 2010. •Bencze, J. L. (2008). STEPWISE: An educational framework for the people and the planet. A Keynote Address at the annual science teachers‘ conference, York Region District School Board, Newmarket, ON, Nov. 27, 2008. •Bencze, J. L. (2008). School science inquiry?: Yes, but for what purposes - and in what ways should they be used? An invited lecture at the Inquiry Science Workshop, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, July 24-25, 2008. Representative Publications
EDITED BOOKS Alsop, S., Bencze, L. & Pedretti, E. (editors) (2005). Analysing exemplary science teaching: Theoretical lenses and a spectrum of possibilities for practice. Buckingham: Open University Press. CHAPTERS IN EDITED BOOKS Bencze, J. L., & Alsop, S. (2009). A critical and creative inquiry into school science inquiry. In W.-M. Roth & K. Tobin (Eds.), World of science education: North America (pp. 27-47). Rotterdam: Sense. ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS Bencze, L., Sperling, E., & Carter, L. (in press). Students’ research-informed socioscientific activism: Re/Visions for a sustainable future. Research in Science Education,. Bencze, L., & Carter, L. (2011). Globalizing students acting for the common good. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48(6), 648-669. Bencze, J.L. (2010). Promoting student-led science and technology projects in elementary teacher education: Entry into core pedagogical practices through technological design. International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 20(1), 43-62. Bencze, J.L., & Bowen, G.M. (2009). A national science fair: Exhibiting support for the knowledge economy. International Journal of Science Education, 31(18), 2459-2483. Bencze, J.L., & Bowen, G.M. (2009). Student-teachers' dialectically-developed motivation for promoting student-led science projects. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 7(1), 133-159. Bencze, L., Hewitt, J., & Pedretti, E. (2009). Personalizing and contextualizing multimedia case methods in university-based teacher education: An important modification for promoting technological design in school science. Research in Science Education, 39(1), 93-109. Bencze, J.L. (2008). Private profit, science and science education: Critical problems and possibilities for action. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics & Technology Education, 8(4), 297-312. Research Grants and ContractsYear: 2010 Individual or Group: Bencze Grantor: Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada Purpose: Research and dissemination relating to collaborative action research involving teachers, student-teachers and graduate students (teachers). (http://www.stepwiser.ca) Amount: $115,698 Honours and Awards 2003 - 2004 OISE/UT Student Teachers‘ Union Instructor Excellence Award (Most Resourceful Biology Instructor) Curriculum Vitae http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/Curriculum_Vitae/Lawrence_Bencze_CV.pdf Math, Science & Technology Sustainability & Environment Critical Pedagogy |
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