About
Dr Neta Shaby is a Lecturer in Science Education within the Southampton Education School and a member of the MaSE (Mathematics and Science Education) research group.
Neta's research focuses on Informal Science Learning Environments. She holds a BSc in Life Science, MA and PhD in Science Education, exploring interactions in science museums. She was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Oregon State University as part of a longitudinal research project aims to strengthen the STEM learning ecosystem for middle-school-aged youth and their families.
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Research
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- Emotions and EDA
- Learning ecologies
- Grounded theory
- Ethnography and case studies approaches聽
Current research
The overall focus of Dr Shaby's research is to examine learning processes in informal learning environments across a lifetime. Her main research interest focuses on interactions in informal settings including cognitive, affective, social and physical engagement of children and adults, both in science and non-science related environments.
Dr Shaby aims to advance research in the learning ecologies approach, looking at the relationship between different experiences in various environments, in and out-of-school, during the course of one's life. Her research worldview is mainly constructivist-interpretivist aiming to understand and reconstruct knowledge by using hermeneutical methodology. She uses grounded theory, ethnography and case studies approaches in her research.
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Biography
Before joining the Southampton Education School, Neta was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, exploring family learning across settings and time, following families, from different socio-economic statues, while engaging in various informal activities at home, at the beach, while visiting the zoo, during out-door picnic etc.
Before joining the Southampton Education School, Neta was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, exploring family learning across settings and time, following families, from different socio-economic statues, while engaging in various informal activities at home, at the beach, while visiting the zoo, during out-door picnic etc.
Prizes
- NARST Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (2020)
- NARST Outstanding Doctoral Research Award (2020)
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