Title: Contributions of 40 years of research on conceptual change to science education and chemistry education.
Abstract: The notion of conceptual change has been an important driver of research in science education and chemistry education. In this presentation, I will examine the main themes and the researchers driving those themes.
Short Biography
David Treagust is John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin University in Perth, Western Australia. He has 40 years’ experience supervising research students on topics related to understanding students’ ideas about science concepts and how these ideas relate to conceptual change and multiple representations, the design of science curricula and teachers’ classroom practices. He is the author of more than 350 publications in major journals and books on science education research and chemical education research and is a regular contributor to national and international conferences. He is a former President of NARST (1999-2001), the Australasian Science Education Research Association (ASERA) (2003-2010), and Chair of the Editorial Board of Chemistry Education Research and Practice (2018-2024). In 2011, he was the recipient of the American Chemical Society Award for Achievement in Research for the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry and is one of the editors of the RSC’s Advances in Chemistry Education book series. In 2024, his research in chemistry education was acknowledged by ACS with the publication of a special online edition of an issue of the Journal of Chemical Education.
Web:https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/D.Treagust/