Staff Profile:Dr John Oversby

Responsibilities:

University responsibilities:

Project Coordinator

Main responsibilities at the Institute of Education:

Project Coordinator

Teaching:

INSET and Masters courses

Areas of Interest:

Areas of expertise and research interest:

• Science education
• History and Philosophy of Science
• Modelling in Science Education
• Teacher development
• Practitioner research
• Assessment

Areas in which you are able to supervise at Masters and Phd/EdD level level:

• Science education
• ICT and education
• International
• Teacher development
• Action and Practitioner Research

Current and recent Research Projects:

• Diagrams in science explanation (unfunded)
• History and Philosophy in Science Teaching (EC funded), UK Coordinator December 2007 - July 2010
• Changing with the Climate Comenius Lifelong Learning Network, Principal Investigator and Coordinator October 2010 - September 2013
• Teachers' Perceptions of the Impact of ICT on Teaching and learning of English and Sciences in UK and Malaysia, with Leong LM
• Visualisation in Biology Education, with U Topsakal, Turkey
• Group work in Initial Science Teacher Education, as part of the Institute of Education research programme
• Chemical Order in Transit: Comparative Studies of the Response to the Periodic System, led by M Kaji, Tokyo

Research groups / Centres:

Science Education, 14 - 19 Education

Publications:

Recent publications/conference presentations/professional achievements:

Publications:

2007 Oversby J Research and Scholarship in Science Education Education in Science 224 30-32
2007 Oversby J Subject Matter Knowledge Education in Science 223 22-23
2007 Oversby J & Chang S-N How do we know if students are committed to learning chemistry? Report of a symposium of Chemistry Teachers' Conference, Finnish National Board of Education, Helsinki
2008 Oversby J & Hedderly A How does a scholarship-based professional development activity in chemical education influence Beginning Teachers' views of chemical subject matter knowledge and chemical pedagogical knowledge? In proceedings of 19th Dortmund Chemical Education Symposium: Promoting Successful Science Education - The Worth of Science Education Research, September, Dortmund
2010 Oversby J Research Focus: History of Science, Education in Science, 24-25, 237, April

Conference presentations

2010 Oversby J & Borg Marks J When a metal is heated, does its atoms vibrate more? What kind of question is this? ASE Annual Conference, January, Nottingham
2010 Oversby J Introducing History and Philosophy of Science into Science Class Teaching ASE Annual Conference, January, Nottingham
2010 Oversby J An EU project in collaboration with teachers: History and Philosophy in Science (HPS) Teaching Institute of Education Research Day, Reading University, Reading, June 12
2010 Oversby J An EU project in collaboration with teachers: History and Philosophy in Science (HPS) Teaching PALAVA Summer Conference Prospect School, Reading, June
2010 Oversby J Accessing Cultural Heritage through a History and Philosophy in Science Teaching (HIPST) Project on temperature Conference of International Organisation of Science and Technology Education, Bled, Slovenia, June 13-18
2010 Oversby J Opening up Values through History and Philosophy of Science
World Science Education Conference (ICASE) Tartu, Estonia, July 1-3
2010 Oversby J History and Philosophy of Chemistry in Secondary Schools: Chemical Paper Tools (Chemical Formulae and Chemical Equations) 10th European Conference on Research in Chemistry Education, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland, July 4-9
2010 Oversby J The contribution of international chemistry projects: a valuable experience for participants? 10th European Conference on Research in Chemistry Education, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland, July 4-9
2010 Oversby J History and Philosophy of Chemistry in Secondary Schools: Representing Authentic Historical and Philosophical Ideas through Simulated Newspapers 14th International Conference Research in Didactics of the Sciences, Pedagogical University, Krakow, Poland, July 4-9
2010 Oversby J Teaching the richness of chemical formulae and equations through a historical approach Biennial Conference on Chemical Education. Denton, N Texas, USA, August 1-5

Enterprise activity, External roles and consultancy:

• Editor of ASE Research Handbook of Research for Science Teachers
• Chair of the national Research Committee of The Association for Science Education (UK)
• Acting Secretary of the International Committee of The Association for Science Education (UK)
• Committee member of the Association of Tutors in Science Education
• Secretary Thames Valley Section of The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• Chair of the RSC South East Education Committee
• Member of the committee of The Chemical Education Research Group of The Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
• Member of the Committee for Local Sections of the Royal Society of Chemistry, and delegate to RSC General Assembly
• Editorial Board of Australian Journal of Chemical Education, Perth, Australia
• W Europe Board Member of International Organisation for Science and Technology Education
• Covenor of Science Special Interest Group of British Education Research Association
• Education Reseatcher at Prospect School, Reading
• Research Associate at Brunel University

External Roles:

• Education Researcher in Residence, part-time honorary post at Prospect School, Reading
• Research Associate, Brunel University
• Chair, Research Committee, Association for Science Education
• Member, International Committee, Association for Science Education
• North West Europe Board Member, International Organisation for Science and Technology Education
• Science Special Interest Group Convenor, British Educational Research Association

Consultancy:

• Science Education Futures