I am a member of the Institute
of Education's School of Mathematics, Science and Technology, and
have a special interest in the teaching and learning of information technology
in secondary schools.
My major current teaching commitments are as Subject
Leader for Information Technology
within the Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) and Module Tutor
for the 'Design and Use of Interactive Multimedia' module of the MA in
ICT in Education.
Invited speaker on the role of distance learning in the training of
science teachers at the meeting 'Information technology and the preparation
of school science teachers', organised by the Federal University of
Minas Gerais, Brazil, and sponsored by the State of Minas Gerais and
the British Council.
Invited speaker on the role of ICT in Science Education at the conference
'Planning and Connecting in the Science Curriculum', organised by the
National Education Institute, Slovenia.
In addition, I have carried out consultancies in
the areas of information technology and/or science education in Brazil,
Chile, China, Greece, Luxembourg, Slovenia and South Africa, and have
had funded research and development links with France, Germany, Israel,
Portugal and Spain.
Brosnan, T. (2002) 'Teaching with ICT', in Pachler,
N. (ed.) 'Lehren und Leren mit IKT' Studienverlag: Innsbruck.
Brosnan, T., Reynolds, Y. (2001) 'Student's Explanations
of Chemical Phenomena: macro and micro differences', Research in Science
& Technological Education, Vol. 19 No. 1
Brosnan, T. (2000) 'The
'third way': teaching IT capability'. Invited paper at the
1st European Conference on Modern Education "Applications of innovations
in education" Athens April 2000.
Reynolds, Y., Brosnan, T. (2000) 'Understanding chemical
and physical change: the role of speculation'. School Science Review,
Vol. 81, No. 296.
Bliss, J., Ogborn, J.,
Boohan, R., Brosnan, T., Mellar, H., Sakonidis, C. (1999) ‘Modelling
with young students – quantitative and qualitative’. Journal
of Computing in Higher Education Vol. 10. No. 2.
Brosnan, T., Reynolds, Y. (1999) 'Rszvijanje razumevanja
fizikalnih in kemijskih spreememb pri ucencih'. Kemija v soli,
Vol. 11, No. 3. (in Slovenian)
There is also a series of three short papers written
for the UK Teacher Zone: 'Misconceptions in ICT'; 'The organisation of
ICT in some London secondary schools'; and 'Assessment and ICT'. (all
2001)
Address:
Tim Brosnan
School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
Institute of Education, University of London
20 Bedford Way
London WC1H 0AL
UK Location: Room 911 Phone: +44 (0)20 7612 6779 Fax: +44 (0)20 7612 6792 E-mail:t.brosnan@ioe.ac.uk
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