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Norman 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 and Mathematics. | 