Daniel P. Shepardson

Professor
Geoenvironmental & Science Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Education

Ph.D.	University of Iowa, 1990, Science Education
M.S.Ed.	Utah State University, 1984, Secondary Education
B.S.	Utah State University, 1980, Wildlife Science

Courses Taught

EDCI 365	Elementary Science Methods
EDCI 506/FOR 564	Environmental Education
EDCI 517	Survey of Science Education
EDCI 622	Seminar of Science Education
EAS 312	Capstone Environmental Science for Elementary Education
EDCI 516	Seminar in Environmental Education
EDCI 619	Science Learners

Professional Experience

2002-Present	Professor of Geoenvironmental and Science Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2003-Present	Joint Appointment in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1999-2003	Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1995-2002	Associate Professor of Science Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
1990-1995	Assistant Professor of Science Education College of Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Research

Research interests include focusing on students' conceptions of and ways of reasoning about science phenomena; the role social interaction plays in students' meaning making and thinking about science phenomena.  This research looks at students' conceptual frameworks and how they are challenged and restructured by encounters with science phenomena and data derived from science investigations.  It incorporates students' self-produced science journals as a meaning making tool and resource.

Selected Publications

• Shepardson, D.P. & Britsch, S.J. (2001). The role of children's journals in elementary school science activities. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 38 (1), 43-69.
  
  
• Shepardson, D.P. (2002). Bugs, butterflies, and spiders: Children's understandings of insects. International Journal of Science Education. 24(6), 627-643.
  
  
• Shepardson, D.P. & Britsch, S.J. (2004). The art of reviewing science journals. Science and Children. 42(3), 43-45.
  
  
• Shepardson, D.P. & Harbor, J. (2004). ENVISION: The effectiveness of a dual-level profession development model for changing teacher practice. Environmental Education Research. 10(4), 471-492.
  
  
• Shepardson, D.P., Harbor, J., & Wee, B. (2005). Water towers, pump houses, and mountain streams: students; ideas about watersheds. Journal of Geoscience Education, 53(4), 381-368.
  
  
• Shepardson, D.P. (2005). Student ideas: What is an environment? The Journal of Environmental Education. 36(4), 49-58.
  
  
• Shepardson, D.P. & Britsch, S.J. (2006). Zones of interactions: Differential access to elementary science discourse. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 43(5), 443-466.
  
  
• Shepardson, D.P., Wee, B., Priddy, M., & Harbor, J. (accepted). Students' Mental Models of the Environment. Journal of Research in Science Teaching.