Grant spent two years from September of 2004 to August 2006 at UMass Amherst, working under the guidance of Dr. John Clement on doctoral coursework and thesis research. In 2006 he returned to New Brunswick, where he is the Learning Specialist for K-12 Science and Math with a large public school board. His data analysis and dissertation writing continues.
Grant’s area of research investigates the whole-class discussion-based teaching strategies used by exemplary high school physics teachers in fostering student’s construction of explanatory mental models for the concepts of circuit electricity. He has been a presenter at conferences of the American Association of Physics Teachers, the National Association of Research in Science Teaching, the American Educational Research Association, the Association for Science Teacher Education, and the Atlantic Canada Association of Science Educators. He plans on defending his doctoral thesis in 2008.
Recently Grant assembled a team of high school and college science educators to compete in the Discovery Channel’s Canada-wide Iron Science Teacher competition. The team presented an entertaining and engaging 10 minute lesson to an audience of 700 middle level and high school students on the science of human flatulence, which earned them a silver medal! In his spare time, Grant enjoys playing basketball, working on home renovations, listening to music, and spending time with his children.
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