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ETAP Faculty
Alandeom W. Oliveira is an assistant professor of science education at the University at Albany, SUNY. He earned a master’s degree in science education at Southeast Missouri State University (2002) and a Ph.D. degree in science education at Indiana University Bloomington (2008). He has taught science and mathematics education courses to pre- and in-service teachers both in Brazil and in the US and was the coordinator of an inquiry-based professional development program called Science Modeling for Inquiring Teachers Network (SMIT’N), funded by the state of Indiana. His research interests include children’s books, cooperative science learning, inquiry-based teaching, curriculum translation practices, and sociolinguistic analyses of classroom discourse and language use.
Selected Publications
Oliveira, A. W., Colak, H., & Akerson, V. L. (in press). “Who polluted the Potomac?” The translation and implementation of a US environmental story in Brazilian and Turkish classrooms. Cultural Studies of Science Education.
Oliveira, A. W., Colak, H., & Akerson, V. L. (in press). Curriculum translation and environmental education: Considering issues of discursive intentionality, interpretation, and validity. Cultural Studies of Science Education.
Oliveira, A. W. & Dhingra, K. (2008). Experiencing science education in the US: The international graduate student perspective. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 3(3), 541-553.
Oliveira, A.W., & Sadler, T.D. (2008). Interactive patterns and conceptual convergence during student collaborations in science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 45(5), 634-658.
Pongsanon, K., Oliveira, A. W., Akerson, V. L., Genel, A., & Colak, H. (2008). Getting the big picture: The impact of a summer workshop on teachers’ views of scientific inquiry, nature of science and classroom interaction. NARST Conference Proceedings.
Oliveira, A.W., Sadler, T.D., & Suslak, D.F. (2007). The linguistic construction of expert identity in professor-student discussions of science. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2(1), 119-150.
Oliveira, A., Sadler, T., & Suslak, D. (2007). Analyzing language, interaction and outcomes in an inquiry-oriented classroom. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2(1), 165-170.
Hanson, D.L., Akerson, V.L., Donelly, L., Tira, P., Townsend, J.S., White, O., Oliveira, A.W., Colak, H., & Genel, A. (2006). SMIT’N – A collaborative approach to grant writing and professional development. ASTE Conference Proceedings.
Oliveira, A.W., & Sadler, T.D. (2006). Interactive patterns and convergence of meanings during student collaborations in science. NARST Conference Proceedings.
Fall
2008 Course:
ETAP 721, Class #9164
- Instruction in the Discipline
Theoretical basis for, and critique of, existing
practices in instructional strategy design in an
academic discipline. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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