|
As a former science teacher, I am interested in
research and teaching that addresses issues of science teaching
and learning. At the K-12 level I not only want to examine how
science teaching and learning can be improved in the classrooms
but also look at issues of access, ethnicity, and race that
surround science education in our urban schools.
I am using Linking Food and Environment (LiFE)
curriculum to understand teachers' thinking about students'
lived experiences in teaching science. LiFE is an elementary
level curriculum designed by Teachers College to teach life and
the environment science to urban school children.
Through various research grants and projects I
am examining:
-
community and science
-
science as an agent for change, empowerment,
and social justice for urban minority youths
-
the intersection of science and
socio-cultural habits in urban school settings
-
issues of science learning for the students
from immigrant families and roles of immigrant parents in
their children's science learning
Publications
(refereed)
Upadhyay, B. R. (2006). Using students’
lived experiences in an urban science classroom: An elementary
school teacher’s thinking. Science Education, 90 (1),
94-110.
Upadhyay, B. R. (2005). Practicing
reform-based science curriculum in an urban classroom: A
Hispanic elementary school teacher’s thinking and decisions.
School Science and Mathematics, 105 (7), 343-351.
Upadhyay, B. R., Barton, A.C. & Zahur, R.
(2005). Teaching science in a poor urban school in Pakistan:
Tensions in the life history of a female elementary teacher.
Science Education, 89 (5), 725-743.
Zahur, R., Barton, A.C. & Upadhyay, B.
R. (2002). Science education for empowerment and social change:
A case study of a teacher educator in urban Pakistani school.
International Journal of Science Education, U.K., 24 (9),
899-917.
Text books
Upadhyay, B.R. (1996). My Environment
(Grade 5). Budhanilkantha School: Kathmandu, Nepal.
Upadhyay, B.R. (1996). General School
Science (Part 6). Nepal Sahitya Prakashan: Kathmandu, Nepal.
Upadhyay, B.R. (1991). Complete School
Physics with Astronomy for classes IX & X.
S. Prasad & Co.: Kathmandu, Nepal.
Research grants and contracts
Grant-in-Aid (GIA) from University of Minnesota,
2004-2006
PI: Bhaskar Upadhyay
Title: Hmong Students’ Ways of Making Sense of Science: The
Role of Race, Language, and Socioeconomic Status
Multicultural Research Grant from University of
Minnesota, 2004-2005
PI: Bhaskar Upadhyay
Title: Hmong Students’ Ways of Learning Science in Community
Settings
Technology-enhanced Learning (TEL) from University of
Minnesota, 2005-2006
PIs: Leslie Flynn, Gillian H. Roehrig, and Bhaskar Upadhyay
Title: Integrating Technology into the K-12 Science Initial
Licensure Program
Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Minnesota,
2005-2006
PI: Bhaskar Upadhyay
Title: MinnAqua Youth Supplement Curriculum Evaluation: Lived
Experiences and Retention of Science Knowledge
Science Museum of Minnesota (SMM), 2005-2006
PI: Bhaskar Upadhyay
Title: Community Partnerships Serving Science Education
Teaching
- CI 8571—Equity, Policy and Social Justice in Science
Education: course for Ph.D. students to provide a broad
understanding of equity, multicultural education, connected
science, empowerment, social justice, etc.
- CI 5536—Equity, Policy, and Assessment in Science Education:
course for K-12 licensure students to support their teaching
practices in diverse school settings.
- CI 5501—Teaching Science and Health in the Elementary School:
course for elementary licensure students to practice
inquiry-based, constructivist science teaching practices;
practice science lessons in multicultural, multiracial, and
multilingual school settings.
Featured research and outreach
February 2006
|
