Jones, Dr Gail – Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Professor

gail_jones@ncsu.edu

Office: 919-515-4053

Teams

Innovations in STEM Education Research

(Team Lead)

Projects

Families and Museums Exploring (FAME) (Principal Investigator)

By partnering with local museums, NC State is engaging families in STEM activities and encouraging students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Master Science Hobbyists: Characteristics, Motivations, Experiences and Career Trajectories (Principal Investigator)

This project is examining the characteristics, motivations, in- and out-of-school experiences, informal science activities and career trajectories of citizen scientists and “master hobbyists.”
zSpace STEM Lab (Principal Investigator)

The zSpace STEM Lab comes with a suite of science software and curriculum resources that offer learning experiences across grade levels through the sciences and STEM topics.

About Gail

Dr. Jones is a professor of science education. Her teaching focuses on science teacher preparation and research in teaching and learning science. Dr. Jones’ research focuses on learning science in a variety of sociocultural contexts. Her research examines how a number of subgroups learn, including gender, minorities and students with visual impairments. Recently Dr. Jones has conducted a series of studies that examine nanoscale science education. She directs the Innovations in STEM Education Research Group that is investigating how people learn scale and scaling, the role of haptics (touch) in learning, and effective strategies for learning nanoscale science. Dr. Jones also investigates virtual reality interfaces for learning science.