Associate Professor and Associate Chair
Department of Earth Sciences and Science Education
zawickjl@buffalostate.edu
(716) 878-3800
@jzawicki
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Professional Philosophy
The United States is facing a critical shortage of literate citizens. Research-informed instructional practices, relying on inquiry and constructivist approaches, empower students. Such powerful methods of instruction require paradigm shifts, with teachers moving away from viewing content as a body of knowledge, to that of a process, a way of knowing. My personal and professional activities are directed toward facilitating these paradigm shifts.