Teacher Education Division

faculty

Jazlin Ebenezer

299 College of Education
313-577-0918
aj6366@wayne.edu
Program Area: Science Education

To make an appointment call 313-577-0902. 

EDUCATION

Graduate Education

1987-1991 The University of British Columbia, Canada, Doctorate in Science Education .

1978-1981 Western Washington University, USA, Master's in Education (Physical Science).

Undergraduate Education

1976-1977 Western Washington University, USA, Bachelor of Arts in Education (Physical Science).

1965-1971 Madurai University, India, Bachelor of Science, Honors Chemistry.

Theses

Students' Conceptions of Solubility: A Teacher-Researcher Collaborative Study. Dissertation
supervised by Dr. Gaalen L. Erickson, Professor of Science Education.

Science Curriculum-decision Making in British Columbia. Thesis supervised by Dr. Willard Brown,
Associate Professor of Physics.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT RECORD

2001 Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA, Associate Professor

1991-2001 University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada , Associate Professor

RESEARCH FOCI, INTERESTS, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Developing an understanding of students' conceptions of solutions and solubility using phenomenography
as an analytical tool and how this knowledge can be linked to curriculum and instructional strategies for its use.

Tracking students' conceptual systems in solutions and solubility using Thagard's relational conceptual change
model: A conceptual revolution model in science perspective.

Identifying dialogue exchanges and assessing arguments using Walton's new dialectic.

Conducting case studies in ecological sustainability and systems thinking in middle years classroom.

Investigating into how computer technology can be used in scientific discourse and reflective practice.

Inquiring into preservice teachers' understandings of the nature of scientific inquiry and how they translate their
knowing into school science inquiry.


Full Curriculum vita is available here.