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Scott McDonald

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(B.S., M.A., M.S., Ph.D.) Associate Professor, Science Education

Dr. Scott McDonald is an Associate Professor of Science Education at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also the Director of the Krause Innovation Studio (http://innovation.ed.psu.edu/) in the PSU College of Education, and Associate Editor of The Journal of Teacher Education (http://jte.sagepub.com/). He was high school Physics teacher for six years before earning his Ph.D. in Learning Technologies in Science Education from the University of Michigan. His teacher education research focuses on understanding the development of science teachers professional pedagogical vision through digital video analysis using Studiocode. He also is doing research in learning progression in Plate Tectonics and Astronomy as part of the NSF funded Earth and Space Science Partnership (http://www.essp.psu.edu/). His research has been funded by the Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Mellon Foundation and the National Science Foundation.

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