Current Position:
Associate
Professor of Science Education
College
of Education
University
of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203
Phone:
(205) 348-0923
Fax:
(205) 348-9863
E-mail:
dgoldsto@bamaed.ua.edu
Professional
Preparation:
The
University of Georgia PhD
Science Education 1994
Southeast
Missouri State University M.N.S.,
Biology 1990
Southeast
Missouri State University
B.S.Ed., Biology 1975
Appointments:
Kansas
State University, Associate Professor, (1999-2002)
Kansas
State University, Assistant Professor, (1994-1998)
The
University of Georgia, Graduate Research Assistant, (1991-1994)
Adjunct faculty, Southeast Missouri State
University, (1989-1991)
Charleston Middle School,
K-12 Science Department Chairperson, Charleston, MO (1977-1991)
North Pemiscot Middle School, Teacher at
Pemiscot County, Wardell, MO (1976-1977)
Awards
and Honors:
Kansas State University’s Outstanding
Undergraduate Excellence in Teaching Award, Kansas State University,
1996-97; Outstanding Educator in the Field, Phi Kappa Delta, Kansas
State University Spring 1997; Outstanding Educator Kansas State
University Mortar Board Fall 1998;
Merit Scholar, The University of Georgia, 1992-94.
Professional Affiliations:
Council for Elementary
Science International, President (2003-5); American Educational Research
Association; Phi Delta Kappa; National Association for Research in Science Teaching; Association
for the Education of Teachers in Science; National Science Teachers
Association, Council member; School Science and Mathematics Association; AL
Science Teachers Association.
Research Interests:
Reform
in teacher education and in undergraduate science teaching in higher education;
Teacher beliefs and self efficacy relating to inquiry models of pedagogy and
the nature of science; Conceptual change related to teacher content acquisition
and pedagogy adoption; Preparation of high quality science teachers and their
on-going professional development; Socio-political influences affecting the
status of science teaching in K-12 schools.
Selected Publications:
1.
Goldston, M. J., Clement, M., & Spears, J. (2003). Evolutionary
milestones: A geologist’s personal practice theory and pedagogical change. In
Sunal, D., Wright, E., & Bland, J., Research
in Science Education: Reform in Undergraduate Science Teaching for the 21st
Century. Info Age Publishing.
(Accepted)
2. Goldston,
M. J. & Clement, M. (2003). A model for change in higher education:
Rules of engagement. In Sunal, D. Wright, E., & Bland, J. Research
in Science Education: Reform in Undergraduate Science Teaching for the 21st
Century. Info Age Publishing. (Accepted)
3. Goldston,
M. J. & Bland, J. (Co-editors).
2002 Special Issue for School
Science and Mathematics: Collaborative Reform in Higher Education:
Visionary Academics.
4. Skochdopole,
L., & Goldston, M. J. (Spring, 2000).
Preservice teachers’ debut as researchers: An active learning process, Journal of Elementary Science Education. 12
(1), 1-18.
5. Goldston, M. J. & Shroyer, G. (2000). Teachers as researchers: Promoting effective
science and mathematics teaching. Teaching and Change, 7 (4), 327-346.
6. Barman, C., Barman, N., Berglund-Newhouse, K., & Goldston, M.
J. (Jan. 2000). Students’ ideas about
animals: Results of a national study. Science and Children, 38 (1), 42-47.
7. Goldston,
M. J. (1999). Marilyn’s decisions about
using cooperative learning. In Koballa,
T. & Tippins, D. (Eds.) Promises and
dilemmas of teaching middle and secondary science: A classroom case handbook.
(pp.197-199). New Jersey: Merrill.
8. Koballa,
T. & French, M. J. (1995). Dilemmas, decisions, and recommendations:
Reflections on student empowerment in an elementary methods course. Journal
of Science Teacher Education, 6 (2), 61-70.
9. French,
M.J. (1995). Comments and criticisms:
Toward a mature discipline of science education. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(8), 885-886.
10. French, M. J. (1995). Exploring empowering strategies for teaching
elementary science methods. Teacher
Education and Practice, 11(1), 82-98.
Synergistic Activities:
Developer
of 2 physical science modules
-Operation Primary Physical Science (supported by NSF); Developer of integrated
mathematics-astronomy activities-AstroMath (supported by NASA); KCEPT (Kansas
Collaboration for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers) facilitator for
team of scientists, educators, and teachers in aligning standards K-16 &
conducted research on instruction change in undergraduate science courses
(supported by NSF); NOVA Fellow working with geologist to incorporate active
learning strategies into undergraduate science content courses (supported by
NASA)
Collaborators (past 4
years)
M.
Clement (KSU), J. Spears (KSU), J. Oviatt (KSU), L. Downey (KSU), L. Ukens
(Towson), S. Marlette (Southern Ill. Univ.), T. Koballa (UGA), J. Bland
(Eastern Connecticut Univ.), C. Sundberg (Louisiana Tech), T. Cooney (UNI), K.
Ostlund (UT-Austin), G. Kirwan (LSU), N. Harper (KU), J. Bey-Williams (KSU), C.
Barman (Purdue), T. Slater (AU), Brian Beaudrie, (NAU), Sunal, D (UA), S.
Nichols, (UA).
Dissertation Advisor: Dr. Thomas Koballa, Jr
Past and Present
Graduate Students:
S. Marlette, G. Ogletree, M. Harris, P. Kyzer, L. Campbell,
B. Webb, A. Pennington, C. Robinson, S. Anderson, K. Robbin, S. Summer, J. Oleene, M. Keehler, M., K. Whitesell, J.