Tippins receives regional science education award

College of Education professor Deborah Tippins has received a regional award for her contributions to the education of future and practicing science teachers.

Tippins, a professor with joint appointments to elementary and science education, received the John Shrum Award for Excellence in the Education of Science Teachers from the Southeastern Association of Science Teacher Education (SASTE).

A Fulbright Scholar in 2001-02, Tippins went to the Philippines where she collaborated with science teacher educators at West Visayas State University (WVSU), teaching and conducting research on community-based science and environmental education.

Her work there led to a two-year Educational Partnership Grant from the U.S. Department of State between WVSU and UGA's science education faculty.

Tippins has served as director of research for the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), a member of the board of directors for the Association of Science Teacher Educators (ASTE), and is past president of the southeast division of ASTE.

The University of Georgia selected Tippins as an International Fellow, a Lilly Teaching Fellow, and a member of the Teaching Academy. She received the D. Keith Osborn Faculty Senate Award for Teaching Excellence in 1999 and the College of Education Faculty Fellow Award in 2000. Additionally, she is a recipient of the Early Career Research Award from the National Association for Research on Science Teaching, the NSTA/Gustav Ohaus Award for Innovations in Teaching Science, the Innovations in Teaching Science Teacher Award from the ASTE, the Outstanding Scholarship on Teacher Education Award from the American Association of Colleges and Schools for Teacher Education, and she has co-authored and co-edited several articles and books.

Tippins received her Ph.D. from Texas A&M University in science education and came to UGA in 1991, where she currently holds joint appointments in the departments of elementary and social science education, and mathematics and science education.

Wednesday May 10, 2006
Writer: Angela Hains, 706/542-5889, anicole7@uga.edu
Contact: Deborah Tippins, 706/542-4642, dtippins@uga.edu