Valérie Munier

Associate Professor

Research Topics

Teaching and Learning Quantities and Measurement in Elementary and Secondary Education – Studies of Science Teachers’ Practices During the Transition from Elementary to Middle School – Study of the Impact of a Science Teacher Training Program on Teachers’ Practices and Student Learning (FORMSCIENCES) – Links between knowledge and teacher practices – Teaching and learning about energy / energy education

Courses

• Initial and continuing education for^{elementary school}teachers of experimental sciences and technology and^{secondary school}teachers of physics and chemistry
• Courses in the pedagogy of physics and chemistry and in research methodology for the Master’s program in “History, Philosophy, and Pedagogy of Science” (HPDS)
• Physics and Education Courses in the Bachelor’s Program in “Science and Technology”

Responsibilities

• Deputy Director of LIRDEF
• Member of the LIRDEF Board and the Faculty of Education Board
• Member of the CNU in^{Section 28}
• Member of the editorial board of the journal RDST
• Co-director, along with Nicolas Saby, of the interdisciplinary “Science and Technology” bachelor’s program at the University of Montpellier
• Instructor for several TU the Master’s program TU History, Philosophy, and the Pedagogy of Science.