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Wolff-Michael Roth

 Leadership Activities

My research-related leadership activities in science education are described below in eight categories.

National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

1995-96 Chair, Membership affairs (NARST)
1994-95 Past President, National Association for Research in Science Teaching Chair, Elections Committee Chair, Policy Advisory Committee Chair, Exhibits Committee Chair, Committee for presenting research at meetings of other professional organizations
1993-94 President, National Association for Research in Science Teaching. (Ex-officio member of all committees)
1993 Program Chair, Annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Atlanta, GA.
1992-93 President-elect, National Association for Research in Science Teaching
1989- 92 Board member, National Association for Research in Science Teaching
1991-92 Co-Chair, Distinguished Contributions to Research Award, National Association for Research in Science Teaching
1989- 92 Chair, Publications Committee, National Association for Research in Science Teaching
1987-89 Member, JRST Awards Committee of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2000-03 Chair, Division Q (Education). American Association for the Advancement of Science

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

1987-89 Chair, Special Interest Group on Classroom Learning Environments, American Educational Research Association.

Association for the Education of Teachers of Science now Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE)

1986-89 Chair, AETS Committee, International Science Teacher Education
1985-89 Member, AETS Committee, International Science Teacher Education.
2007- Member, Equity Committee
2007- Member (ex-officio), Awards Committee

Handbooks of Science Education

I was co-editor of Kluwer Academic Publishers' 2-volume, 72-chapter, 1200-page International Handbook of Science Education (1998). Recently, I edited a 66 chapter Teaching and Learning Science: A Handbook, which is published by Praeger.

Founding Editor of Three Book Series

From 1991-93 I was founding Editor for a series of research publications in science and mathematics education: Research in Science and Mathematics Education published by AAAS Press. Three books were published in the series before AAAS decided to discontinue it. At that stage I negotiated with Kluwer and became founding editor of a similar series.

From 1994-2000 I was founding editor for the Science and Technology Education Library, which focused on research in science education and was published by Kluwer Academic Press, from the Netherlands. During my tenure as Series Editor 14 books were published.

Year Author(s) Title
1995 Roth, W-M. Authentic school science: Knowing and learning in open-inquiry science laboratories.
1996 Parker, L.H., Rennie, L.J., & Fraser, B.J. Gender, science and mathematics: Shortening the shadow.
1997 Roth, W-M.
Designing communities.
1998 Cobern, W.W. (Ed.) Socio-cultural perspectives on science education: An international dialogue.
1998 McComas, W.F. (Ed.) The nature of science in science education: Rationales and strategies.

1999
Gess-Newsome, J. & Lederman, N. (Eds). Examining pedagogical content knowledge: The construct and its implications for science education.
2000 Cobern, W.
Everyday Thoughts on Nature
2000 Jenkins, E. International Comparisons of Pupil Performance in Science and Mathematics
2000 Louden, W. & Wallace, J. Teachers’ Learning: Stories of Science Education
2000
Fisher, K.M., Wandersee, J.H., & Moody, D.E.

Mapping Biology Knowledge
2001 Abell, S. Science Teacher Preparation
2001 Bell, B. & Cowie, B. Formative Assessment and Science Education
2001
Lavoie, D. & Roth, W-M. (Eds).
Models of science teacher preparation.
2002 Stocklmayer, S., Bryant, C. & Gore, M. M. Science Communication in Theory and Practice

I am co-editor, with Joe Kincheloe of a new book series, Bold Visions in Educational Research – Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. The first 9 books in the series are now published, four are in press, and approximately 15 more are under contract.

  • Roth, W.-M. (ed.). (2006). Auto/biography and auto/ethnography: Praxis of research method. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Roth, W.-M. (ed.). (2006). Doing qualitative research: Praxis of method. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Kincheloe, J. L. & K. Hayes (eds.) (2006). Metropedagogy: Power, justice, and the urban classroom.Rotterdam: Sense Publishing.
  • Dei, G. J. S. & Kempf, A. (2006). Anticolonialism and education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Dhingra, K. & Hagiwara, S. (2006). Change agents in science education. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Clark, J. & Linder, C. (2006). Changing teaching, changing times. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Moisio, O.-P. & Suoranta, J (eds.) Education and the spirit of time. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Peters, M. A. & Freeman-Moir, J. (eds.) (2006). Edutopias. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
  • Tobin, K. & Kincheloe, J.L. (eds.) (2006) Doing educational research. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Regional-Editor of Two Journals and Founding Co-Editor of another

  • From 1997-2001 I was North American Editor for Learning Environments Research: An International
    Journal published three times per year by Kluwer Academic Publishers in the Netherlands.
  • From 1987-1992 I was North American Editor for the International Journal of Science Education, published by Taylor & Francis in the United Kingdom.
  • From 2005- With Wolff-Michael Roth, I am co-editor of a new journal in science education, I am co-editor of Cultural Studies of Science Education published by Springer. The journal is a quarterly publication that publishes research in science education. Volume 1, issue 1 will be published in paper form January of 2006. The on-line preprints are now available for Volume 1, issue 1 and during December of 2005 on-line preprints also will be available for Volume 1, issue 2.

Official Membership of Editorial Boards

I have been appointed to eleven editorial review boards and currently serve on five.

2002- International Journal of Science & Mathematics Education
2001-03 Educational Researcher
2001-05 Journal of Teacher Education
1995-01 Editorial Review Board, Journal of Science Teacher Education
1993- Editorial Review Board, Research in Science Education
1987- Editorial Review Board, Research in Science & Technological Education
1990-93 Editorial Review Board, American Education Research Journal
1988-92 North American Editor, International Journal of Science Education
1987-92 Editorial Review Board, Science Education (AETS) and manuscript reviewer.
1985-87 Member of the Editorial Board, Monograph Series of the Learning Environment SIG for the American Educational Research Association.
1985-89 Editorial Review Board, Journal of Research in Science Teaching.



In the spring of 2003 I was selected by editors of Educational Researcher as an exemplary reviewer who has “exhibited outstanding professional service by providing exemplary reviews for the seven journals that AERA publishes each year.”

 

 

 
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