Scott McDonald
Co-Host of Science In-Between
Dr. Scott McDonald is a Professor of Science Education at The Pennsylvania State University and Director of the Krause Studios for Innovation in the PSU College of Education. He received his undergraduate degree in Physics. He was high school Physics teacher for six years before returning for a Ph.D. in Learning Technologies and Science Education at the University of Michigan. Dr. McDonald takes a design-based approach to research focuses on science teacher learning and student learning in the geosciences. He researches teacher learning, framed as professional pedagogical vision for ambitious and equitable science teaching practices. His current projects, in collabortion with Amy Pallant and Hee-Sun Lee at the Concord Consortium include The Geological Models for Explorations of Dynamic Earth (GEODE), GeoHazard: Modeling Natural Hazards and Assessing Risks project, and Geological Construction of Rock Arrangements from Tectonics: Systems Modeling Across Scales (GeoCRAFT).
Scott McDonald has hosted 160 Episodes.
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Episode 159: I'm Julius Sumner Miller...
September 20th, 2023 | Season 4 | 38 mins 13 secs
In the episode, we discuss Julius Sumner Miller, Professor Wonderful.
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Episode 158: Do You Want to be a Sibling?
September 13th, 2023 | Season 4 | 41 mins 6 secs
This week we talk about becoming a new member of a community and how old-timers can support bringing in new folks.
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Episode 157: An Eye on Identity
September 6th, 2023 | Season 4 | 39 mins 37 secs
In this episode, we talk about "professional identity" and how it informs our work in teacher education and science professional development.
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Episode 156: Joys to the World, Vol. 3
August 30th, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 47 secs
This week we share our joys for the year in books, movies, apps, games, and more.
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Episode 155: Crafting Syllabi in a Chat GPT World
August 23rd, 2023 | Season 3 | 46 mins 5 secs
In this episode, we discuss the curricular implications of Chat GPT as we craft our syllabi for the Fall semester.
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Episode 154: Old Guys Going Off a Cliff
August 21st, 2023 | Season 3 | 49 mins 32 secs
This week we talk about how leaders can do their work and how to organize systems to support that work.
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Episode 153: We Are Not The Destroyers of Worlds
August 9th, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 57 secs
In this episode, we talk about Christopher Nolan's movie, Oppenheimer and how science and science education are portrayed.
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Episode 152: Sad Statement About Me as a Son
August 2nd, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 26 secs
This week we talk about professional vision, what it means, and how it helps us understand teacher expertise.
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Episode 151: We Don't Already Do That
July 26th, 2023 | Season 3 | 45 mins 34 secs
In this episode, we discuss engineering practices and they're taught (or not) in science classrooms.
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Episode 150: Suck the Joy Out of Everything
July 19th, 2023 | Season 3 | 45 mins 18 secs
This week we talk about the SCOTUS decision about affirmative action and how we think it might impact higher education.
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Episode 149: A Cataclysmic Conversation
July 12th, 2023 | Season 3 | 39 mins 39 secs
In this episode, we discuss Richard Fenyman's "cataclysm sentence" and offer some sentences ourselves.
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Episode 148: In A Special Episode
July 5th, 2023 | Season 3 | 48 mins 37 secs
This episode we are joined by two of our team doing professional learning around the PA STEELS Standards to talk about what we have learned.
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Episode 147: To Lead or Not to Lead
June 28th, 2023 | Season 3 | 48 mins 13 secs
In this episode, we discuss leadership roles and the critical factors that relationships, trust and agency play.
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Episode 146: I Kill the Bit
June 21st, 2023 | Season 3 | 51 mins 25 secs
This week we talk about games and simulation and what kind or role they play in science education.
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Episode 145: Specks of Fish Spawn
June 14th, 2023 | Season 3 | 39 mins 25 secs
In this episode, Scott and Ollie discuss how the processes of writing and discussion help ideas form.
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Episode 144: High Grade Professional Work
June 7th, 2023 | Season 3 | 43 mins 41 secs
This week we talk about the difference between topic rebuttal and technique rebuttal. Really just a discussion of how to help people change their own minds.