Name: Anita
Greenwood
Title: Professor and Faculty Chairperson
Office: O'Leary 525
Phone: 978.934.4658
Fax: 978.934.3005

Education:
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B.Sc. (Hons), P.G.C.E. University of Birmingham, U.K.
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M.Ed., Ed.D. University of Massachusetts Lowell
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Links:
http://faculty.uml.edu/agreenwood/index.htm
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| Research Interests:
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Course Offerings:
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01.646 Perspectives
and Vision of Schooling (Ed.D. course)
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02.576 Curriculum
and Teaching: Science 7-12 (M.Ed. course)
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04.525 Science for Science Teachers (M.Ed. course)
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04.614 Constructivist
Perspectives (Ed.D. course)
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04.626 Development
of Concepts in Science (Ed.D. course)
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04.674 Research into Learning in Science (M.Ed.
online)
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04.676 Exploring the Nature of Science (M.Ed.
online)
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Publications - Recent Print and
Videos:
- 2003 Factors influencing the
development of the career-change teacher's science teaching
orientation. Journal of Science Teacher Education,
14(3), 217-234
- 2001 Science is part of the
big picture. Article reprinted in Teaching Teachers:
Bringing First-Rate Science to the Elementary Classroom (pp
1-3). Arlington, VA: NSTA Press
- 1999 Preservice and
inservice science teachers in partnership through EarthVision.
Proceedings of the National Association for Research in Science
Teaching. Boston, Massachusetts.
http://www2.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/conference/ (also
found ar ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED44690)
- 1998 Learning science at a
distance. Education, 118 (3), 349-352
- Looking at Learning - Eight
VIDEOS. CPB/Annenberg Nationally Distributed Video Material.
Harvard-Smithsonian Science Media Group CPB/Annenberg Professional
Development Channel Video Series Content guide and printed
materials contributor.
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Grants:
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2003-2006 Project EXCEL – Exchanging
Careers Enhancing Learning Funded by the NSF Robert Noyce
Foundation.
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2003-2006
Science Education Online
– In collaboration with UMass Amherst. Funded by the NSF
with UMass Amherst
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2003-2004 STEP UP (Science Teacher
Enhancement Program for Urban Professionals) Funded by the
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
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1998-99 The Influence of University Methods
Courses on the Practice of Novice Science and Mathematics Teachers
(with R. Panasuk). Funded by the Massachusetts Department of
Education
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1998- 00 EarthVision 2000 Funded
through a contract from the Environmental Protection Agency and
Ohio State University
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Professional Activities:
Advisory
Boards:
- 2003 Harvard - Smithsonian
Science Media Group - Physical Science Video Series funded by CPB/Annenberg
Foundation
- 2001 Teacher Education
Research Council (TERC) - NSF funded project - Earth Science by
Design
Manuscript reviewer:
- Journal of Research in Science
Teaching
Consulting
- Lowell Public Schools - Review of
PK-5 Science Curriculum (2003)
- Lowell Public Schools - PK-5 Science
Curriculum Guide (2002)
- Lowell Public Schools - 6-8 Science
Curriculum Assessment Guide (2002)
- Lowell Public Schools - 6-8 Science
Curriculum Guide (2001)
- Critical Mass - NSF funded content
knowledge workshops for middle school science teacher in the school
districts of Hudson and Fitchburg, Massachusetts (2000)
- EnLIGHTening Science - Professional
development workshop series for 24 elementary teachers from six
school districts in EDCO (Educational Consortium). Funded
through a Massachusetts Department of Education Eisenhower grant.
(1999)
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