Additional Appointments
Shauna C. Larson Chair in Learning Sciences Director, Institute for Science + Math Education
Research Interests
Philip Bell
Philip Bell is a professor of the Learning Sciences & Human Development and holds the Shauna C. Larson Endowed Chair in Learning Sciences. He is executive director of the focused on equity-focused innovation in K-12 STEM education, and he is co-director of the . Bell pursues a cognitive and cultural program of research across diverse environments focused on how people learn in ways that are personally consequential to them. He has studied everyday expertise and cognition in science and health, the design and use of novel learning technologies in science classrooms, youth argumentation, culturally expansive science instruction, and scaled implementation of educational improvement. Bell served as a member of the Board on Science Education with the National Academy of Sciences for eight years, co-chaired the National Research Council consensus report effort on and served on the committee of the that was used to guide development of . He has a background in human cognition and development, science education, computer science, and electrical engineering.
Bell is also currently editing a series of research- and practice-based tools for science education called . The effort is .
Are you applying to graduate school this year? I am looking to have a couple of doctoral students join my research group. Working with our partners, we generally enage in participatory design research on equity-focused approaches to science education across a broad variety of settings. We are currently working on projects focused on: (1) helping inservice and pre-service teachers take up climate justice scienece instruction for more just and thriving futures and (2) promoting coherence and equity across sytems of science education at the national level. These initiatives involve working in specific learning environments with educators and youth, in a variety of professional learning contexts with educators and educational leaders, and with far-flung networks of collaborating teams on scaled improvement. I welcome applications from students who find shared interests in this work. Please describe your interest in this work in your statement of research interests if you would like to be considered.
Links
- Institute for Science + Math Education: - -
- STEM Teaching Tools (for Educators): - - -
- Research+Practice Collaboratory: - - -
SHORT-CUTS: - Education - Online Presentations - Select Publications - Recent Project-Related Stories - Courses - Current PhD Students - Prior Research Scientists & Post-Doctoral Scholars - Completed PhD Students - Completed MEd Students
Multimedia
(Here is conducted by my research group.)
Tzou, C., Rother, D., Braun, A., Starks, E., Meixi, Suárez, E., Rambayon, A., Bell, P., LaBonte, D., Twito, A., Peterson, S., Marie Ortiz, S. & Bang, M. (2020). . Connected Science Learning, 2(1).
Bell, P. (2019). . Journal of Science Teacher Education, 30(7), 681-690. DOI: 10.1080/1046560X.2019.1668218
Tzou, C., Meixi, Suárez, E., Bell, P., LaBonte, D., Starks, E. & Bang, M. (2019). . Cognition & Instruction, DOI: 10.1080/07370008.2019.1624547
Bell, P., Van Horne, K., & Cheng, B. H. (2017). . Journal of the Learning Sciences, 26(3), 367-375. doi:10.1080/10508406.2017.1336021
Barron, B., & Bell, P. (2015). Learning environments in and out of school. In L. Corno & E. Anderman (Eds.), (pp. 323-336). New York: Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
Bricker, L. A., & Bell, P. (2014). . Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 51(3), 260-285.
Zimmerman, H. T., & Bell, P. (2014). . International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 4(1), 25-53.
Quinn, H., & Bell, P. (2013). How designing, making, and playing relate to the learning goals of K-12 science education. In M. Honey (Ed.), . New York, NY: Taylor & Francis / Routledge.
National Research Council. (2012). . Board on Science Education, National Academy of Scienes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. (I served on the 18-member committee that authored this conceptual framework for Next Generation Science Standards for K-12 education.)
Bell, P., Tzou, C., Bricker, L. A., & Baines, A. D. (2012). . Human Development, 55, 269-284.
Bell, P., Bricker, L. A., Tzou, C., Lee, T., & Van Horne, K. (2012). . The Science Teacher, 79(8), 31-36, Science Scope, 36(3), 17-22, Science & Children, 50(3), 11-16.
Bevan, B., Bell, P., Stevens, R., & Razfar, A. (2012). . London: Springer.
Bell, P., Lewenstein, B., Shouse, A.W. & Feder, M.A. (Eds.). National Research Council. (2009). . Board on Science Education, National Academy of Sciences. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. (I co-chaired this consensus study with Bruce Lewenstein.)
Bricker, L.A. & Bell, P. (2008). Conceptualizations of argumentation from science studies and the learning sciences and their implications for the practices of science education. Science Education, 92(3), 473-498.
Bell, P. (2004). . Educational Psychologist, 39(4), 243-253.
Linn, M. C., Davis, E. A., & Bell, P. (2004). . Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Baumgartner, E., Bell, P., Brophy, S., Hoadley, C., Hsi, S., Joseph, D., Orrill, C., Puntambekar, S., Sandoval, W., & Tabak, I. (Design-based Research Collective). (2003). . Educational Researcher, 32(1), 5-8.
Bell, P. (2002). Using argument map representations to make thinking visible for individuals and groups. In T. Koschmann & R. Hall & N. Miyake (Eds.), (pp. 449-485). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Bell, P., & Linn, M. C. (2000). . International Journal of Science Education, 22(8), 797-817.
Presentations, videos & webinars
- (as part of the Michigan Formative Assessment Academy)
- (on MSPNet)
- (on MSPNet)
- (a session in the offered by the )
- (part of the )
- (for Afterschool Alliance, dicussing )
- (for The National Academies)
- (for American Youth Policy Forum)
- with Megan Bang (for MacArthur Foundation Digital Medial & Learning Network)
- with Megan Bang (for MacArthur Foundation Digital Medial & Learning Network)
- with Carrie Tzou (for Center for Ocean Science Education Excellence)
Recent Project-Related Stories
- Partnering for STEM education
- More stories can be found
Current PhD Students & Research Scientists
- - bio
- Deb Morrison (research scientist)
- Nancy Price (research scientist)
- (research scientist)
Prior Research Scientists & Post-Doctoral Scholars
- - research associate professor, Northwestern University and at the Spencer Foundation
- - game designer and faculty, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Bothell
- - faculty, Adelphi University
- - faculty, North Seattle College
- Duncan Parks - faculty, Mount Angel Seminary
- - chief program officer, Washington STEM
- - program evaluation consultant Aspect Research + Evaluation
- - faculty, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- - faculty and senior research scientist, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Bothell
- - faculty, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Bothell
Completed PhD Students
- (co-advised with Cap Peck) - executive director at The Practice Space
- - curriculum design project lead at Fred Hutch
- - research associate professor, Northwestern University and at the Spencer Foundation
- (co-advised with Denise Wilson) - post-doctoral scholar, Texas Tech University
- - game designer and faculty, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Bothell
- - senior director, science education, Fred Hutch
- (co-advised with John Bransford) - research scientist, CU-Boulder; consultant
- - interdisciplinary designer and consultant, Seattle area
- (co-advised with Steve Kerr) - healthcare change and IT deployment leader
- Cheng-Fang Huang
- - curriculum designer & professional learning specialist at Educurious
- Heena Lakhani - postdoctoral researcher
- - affiliate investigator at California State University San Marcos
- - faculty and research scientist, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Bothell
- (co-advised with Steve Kerr) - project researcher, University of Tokyo
- - museum director at Shafer Historical Museum, Okanogan County Historical Society
- - instructional coach and teacher leader, Bellevue School District
- - post-doctoral scholar, Engineering, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ
- - director of campus education programs at Islandwood
- - program evaluation consultant Aspect Research + Evaluation
- - research consultant, Concolor Research
- - associate professor, San Jose State University
- - associate research director at Community College Research Initiatives, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ
- - Manager of Program Operations, Department of Biology, ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ
- - researcher, University of Colorado Boulder
- - associate professor, Penn State University
Completed MEd Students
- Bill Caler
- - senior program officer, Washington STEM
- Carmen Smith
- Glen Stevenson