Adam Oliver Brown, Ph.D., is an award winning science teacher and a professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Ottawa. Professor Brown has academic interests in the scholarship of teaching and learning science, as well as science communication to non-specialist audiences. His scholarly research in science education relates to the development, implementation and measuring the effectiveness of learning scaffolds to improve meaningful learning, recall and application for students of science. Recent projects revolve around the use of etymological constructs to improve lexical access to scientific terminology, as well as the development of directed exemplification strategies as a means to enhance the conceptual, analytical and procedural science learning in the study of Animal Behaviour.
Adam Brown
Journals
Oliveira, A.W., Brown, A.O., Zhang, W.S., LeBrun, P., Eaton, L. & S. Yemen. (2021), Fostering creativity in science learning: The potential of open-ended student drawing, Teaching and Teacher Education, 105, 103416.
Oliveira, A.W., Brown, A.O., Carroll, M.L., Blenkarn, W., Austin, B. & Bretzlaff, T. (2021), Developing undergraduate student oral science communication through video reflection, International Journal of Science Education, Part B, 143-154.
Oliveira, A.W., Bretzlaff, T., & Brown, A.O. (2020), Memorable Exemplification in Undergraduate Biology, Research in Science Education, 50, 625-643.
Full list of publications and other scholarly contributions.
Research interests
- Science education
- Terminologie scientifique
- Accès Lexique
- Échafaudage de l’apprentissage
- Exemplification
- Théâtralité dans l'enseignement scientifique
- Communication scientifique