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G. Lederman is chair and professor of mathematics and science education
at IIT. He has taught a full range of graduate courses in secondary science
education and supervised teaching interns. He also taught high school biology
for ten years.
Dr. Lederman received his Ph.D. in science education from Syracuse University
(1983); M.S. in secondary education from Bradley University (1977); M.S.
in biology from New York University (1973); B.S. in biology from Bradley
University (1971).
He has received the Illinois Outstanding Biology Teacher Award (1979), a
Presidential Citation for Distinguished Service from the Association for
the Education of Teachers in Science (AETS, 1986), the Burlington Resources
Foundation Faculty Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching and Research
(1992), the AETS Outstanding Mentor Award (2000), and the National Association
for Research in Science Teaching Award for Outstanding JRST Paper (2001).
Dr. Lederman is internationally known for his research and scholarship on
the development of students' and teachers' conceptions of the nature of
science. He has also studied preservice and inservice teachers' knowledge
structures of subject matter and pedagogy, pedagogical content knowledge,
and teachers' concerns and beliefs. Dr. Lederman has been author or editor
of seven books and is currently writing an elementary science teaching methods
textbook. He has written 15 book chapters and published over 150 articles
in professional refereed journals. In addition, Dr. Lederman has made 400
presentations at professional conferences and meetings around the world.
Dr. Lederman is past-president of the National Association for Research
in Science Teaching (NARST) He is also editor of the journal School Science
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