Bryan Wee
Wee Shao-Chang, Bryan
Huang Shao Zhang, Bryan

Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University, 2007

Office: NC 5030-D
Phone: 303.315.4992
E-mail: bryan.wee@ucdenver.edu

Areas of Interest:

Environmental Education, Sustainability, Multicultural Science

Teaching

• Environment and Society
• Multicultural Science Education
• Children's Geographies
• Science and Social Studies Education

Current Research

Using multicultural lenses to explore children’s sense of place (how they know), their environmental conceptions (what they know) and worldviews (how they make sense of the world), particularly in the context of K-12 schooling and popular children’s literature in order to enhance curriculum reform, teaching/learning, environmental literacy and global sustainability

Select Publications

Shepardson, D., Wee, B., Priddy, M., Harbor, J. & Schellenberger, L. (2007). What is a watershed? Implications of student conceptions for environmental education and the national science education standards. Science Education, 91 (4), 554-578.

Shepardson, D., Wee, B., Priddy, M. & Harbor, J. (2007). Students’ mental models of the environment. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44 (2), 327-348.

Wee, B., Harbor, J. & Shepardson, D. (2006). Multiculturalism in environmental science: A snapshot from Singapore. Multicultural Perspectives, 8 (2), 10-17.

Shepardson, D., Harbor, J. & Wee, B. (2005). Water towers, pump houses and mountain streams: Students’ ideas about watersheds. Journal of Geoscience Education, 53 (4), 381-386.

Wee, B., Fast, J., Shepardson, D., Harbor, J. & Boone, B. (2004). Students’ perceptions of environmental-based inquiry experiences. School Science and Mathematics, 104 (3), 112-118.