Learning Science Across Environments: Museum, Home, and School

Speaker's Biography: Philip Bell is Associate Professor of the Learning Sciences and the Geda and Phil Condit Professor of Science and Mathematics Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He studies everyday expertise and cognition in science and health, the design and use of novel learning technologies in science classrooms, children's argumentation, culturally responsive science instruction, the use of emerging digital technologies within youth culture, and new approaches to inquiry instruction in science. Dr. Bell is a member of the NAS Board on Science Education and co-chaired the NRC report Learning Science in Informal Environments.