Mailing Address
Teacher
Education
California State
University,
Dominguez Hills
1000 E. Victoria
Street
Carson, CA 90747
Courses
Taught
TED 467-03 Secondary Methods I – Science
TED 468-03 Secondary Methods II – Science
TED 469 Interdisciplinary Methods III Secondary
TED 468-05 Secondary Methods II – Mathematics
TED 400 Seminar - Introduction to Education
TED 444 Assessment Seminar
TED 416 Elementary Science Methods
Degrees
Ph.D. Science Education – The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
M.Sc. Parasitology - Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel
B.Sc. Biology & General Science - Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel
Credential from the Washington State (USA) for General Science, Mathematics, and Biology grades 4-12
Credential for life from Israel to teach General Science, Biology, and Mathematics for grades 4-12
Research Projects,
Grants & Interests
Co-I for three grants awarded by Boeing to enhance equipment and technology use in methods and classrooms
Co-I for a California Department of Education Mathematics and Science Partnership grant with the Los Angeles Unified School District focusing on the implementation of immersion projects at the middle school level
PI for the Supplement to the Los Angeles Systemic Initiative – Science – science and literacy professional development for Los Angeles Unified School District teachers
PI for a “Strengthening the Strategic Workforce Funds” – recruiting secondary science teachers with emphasis in microbiology and biochemistry
PI for NOVA grant to improve laboratory experiences of prospective teachers
PI for CASIO grant as equipment (probe collectors and graphic calculators)
Co-PI for an Eisenhower grant (Teacher Enhancement) entitled Washington Earth Science Initiative
Consulting: Invited by the Institute of the Educational Sciences in Bucharest, Romania to present a seminar to the faculty of mathematics and sciences and to model inquiry mathematics and science for the secondary teachers attending a professional development institute.
Interests: research in the area of power relations, inquiry science, socio-culture of urban science classrooms, interpretive research.
Publications \
Presentations
• Osisioma, I., & Moscovici, H. (submitted). Urban pre-service elementary science teacher candidates’ perception of the effectiveness of a new elementary science methods curriculum. The Journal of Elementary Science Education
• Moscovici, H., Osisioma, I., & Sarmiento, L. (in press). Learning to move from d to D to d’: Urban elementary preservice science teacher candidates transition from vernacular to the discourse of science education and science in English and Spanish. Chapter in a book following the International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education XII, Quito, Ecuador, May 2008.
• Moscovici, H., & Osisioma, I. (in press). Resolving issues of cultural discontinuity in co-facilitation of professional development activities. In K. Wieseman and M. Weinburg (Eds), Women’s experiences in leadership in K-16 science education communities: Becoming and being. Sponsored by the International Association for Science Teacher Education.
• Moscovici, H., & Osisioma, I. (in press). Designing the best preservice urban elementary science methods course – Dilemmas and considerations. The Journal of Elementary Science Education.
• Moscovici, H. (2009). Science teacher retention in today’s urban schools: A study of success and failure. Urban Education, 44(1), 88-105.
• Osisioma, I., & Moscovici, H. (2008). Profiling the Beliefs of the Forgotten Teachers: An Analysis of Intern Teachers’ Frameworks for Urban Science Teaching. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 19(3), 285-311.
• Singer, F. M., & Moscovici, H. (2008). Teaching and learning cycles in a constructivist approach to teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 24, 1613-1634.
• Moscovici, H., & Varrella, G. F. (2007). International professional development as a form of globalisation. In W. Atweh & A. C. Barton (Eds.). Internationalisation and globalisation in mathematics and science education, (pp. 285-302). Dordrecht: The Netherlands: Springer.
• Moscovici, H. (2007). The relationship between collective agency and culture in one-day science field trips. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2(4), 864-871.
• Moscovici, H. (2007). Mirror, mirrors on the wall, who is the most powerful of all? A self-analysis of power relationships in science methods courses. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44(9), 1370-1388.
• Moscovici, H., & Newton, D. L. (2006). Math and science: A natural connection? Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School (Official Journal of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), 11(8), 356-358.
• Mach, N., Desberg, P., Cantor, J., Davis, J., Hembacher, D., & Moscovici, H. (2005). Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 16(4), 54-70.
• Wieseman, K., & Moscovici, H. (2005). A standards-infused approach to curriculum: A promising interdisciplinary inquiry. In K. Appleton (Ed.), Elementary science teacher education: Contemporary issues and practice (pp. 175-195). Monograph of the Association for the Education of Teachers in Science. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
• Wieseman, K., & Moscovici, H. (2003). Stories from the field: Challenges of science teacher education based on interdisciplinary approaches. Journal of Science Teacher Education,14(2), 127-143.
• Trautmann, N. M., Carlsen, W. S., Eick, C. J., Gardner, F. E. Jr., Kenyon, L., Moscovici, H., Moore, J. C., Thomson, M., & West, S. (2003). Online peer review: Learning science as it’s practiced. Journal of College Science Teaching, 32(7), 443-447.
• Moscovici, H. (2003). Secondary science emergency permit teachers’ perspective on power relations in their environments and the effects of these powers on classroom practices. Teacher Education Quarterly, 30(2), 41-54.
• Moscovici, H. (2003). The way I see it: Resisting teacher control or getting immersed in learning. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40(1), 98-100.
• Moscovici, H. (2003). Scientific inquiries in the ELL classroom. In S. K. Lee, & Lalas, J. (Eds.), Language, literacy, andacademic development for English Language Learners, (pp. 212-224). Boston, MA: Pearson Custom Publishing.
• Moscovici, H. (2002). Task dynamics in a college biology course for prospective elementary teachers. School Science and Mathematics, 101(7), 372-379.
• Moscovici, H. (2002) Dynamics of power in teaching college biology: influence on students’ learning. In P. C. S. Taylor, P. J. Gilmer, & K. Tobin (Eds.), Transforming undergraduate science teaching: Social constructivist perspectives (pp. 91-116). University of Pennsylvania: Lang Publishers.
•Moscovici, H., & Carty, C. (1999). Developing inquiring minds. Science and Children, 37(1), 38-43, 74.
•Moscovici, H. (1998). Impacts of instructor and student loci of commitment on biology learning for prospective elementary teachers. Research in Science Education, 28(2), 229-242.
•Moscovici, H., & Nelson, T. H. (1998). Shifting from activitymania to inquiry. Science and Children, 35(4), 14-17, 40.
•Moscovici, H., & Gilmer, P. J. (1996). Testing alternative assessment strategies - The ups and downs for science-teaching faculty. Journal for College Science Teaching,25(5), 319-323.
• Crissy, B., & Moscovici, H. (1995). A case study. Washington Science Teachers' Journal, 35(2), 28-32.
Professional
Associations
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
National Science Teachers Association
The Association for the Education of Teachers in Science
Sigma Xi (California Chapter)
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development