IOE professor named as President of the Association for Science Education

The Association for Science Education (ASE) is an active membership body dedicated to supporting excellence in science education from pre-school to higher education.

Professor Reiss will begin his term as President at the ASE Annual Conference 2022, where he will deliver the annual Presidential Address on 6 January and the International Day Presidential Address at the organisation’s online conference on Wednesday 12 January.

Reflecting on the appointment, Professor Reiss said: “I have been a member of the ASE since I trained to be a school teacher in 1982-83. It is a wonderful organisation and has never been more needed, given the challenges that teachers, technicians and other science educators face and given the importance of science in today’s world. I am deeply honoured to be the Association’s incoming President.”

Michael Reiss is Professor of Science Education at the IOE, Visiting Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

He has worked on many research and consultancy projects in his career, principally in science education, sex education and bioethics.

Links

• View Profess Michael Reiss’s research profile
• Q&A with Professor Michael Reiss
• View the announcement on the ASE website
• Association for Science Education
• Department of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment