SungWon Hwang

Dr. Hwang joined the Faculty of Education at the University of Calgary in August 2011. She taught secondary science in Korea from 1995 to 2002. She obtained her PhD at Seoul National University with her major in science education (physics). She conducted her postdoctoral study at the University of Victoria, BC. She has extensive experience of teaching and educational research in Canada, Korea, and Singapore.

Dr. Hwang’s research focuses on knowing and learning in science and mathematics classroom. Her publications focus on the embodied and bodily nature of knowing science/mathematics, multimodality of communication, and qualitative research methods.

Postdoc
University of Victoria, Canada

PhD
Seoul National University, Korea

MA
Seoul National University, Korea

BSc
Seoul National University, Korea

• National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Member (2003 – present)
• American Educational Research Association (AERA), Member (2004 – present)
• International Society for Culture and Activity Research (ISCAR), (2005 – present)
• Canadian Society for the Study of Education/Société canadienne pour l'étude de l'éducation (CSSE/SCÉÉ), Member (2010 – present)

Hwang, S., & Roth, W.-M. (2011). Scientific & Mathematical Bodies: The Interface of Culture and Mind. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Hwang, S., & Roth, W.-M. (2011). The (embodied) performance of physics concepts in lectures. Research in Science Education, 41, 461–477.

Hwang, S., Roth, W.-M., & Kim, M. (2010). Development of Mathematical Concepts in Children’s Learning Geometry: A Vygotskian, Body-centered Approach. Pedagogies: An International Journal, 5, 72–85.

Hwang, S., & Roth, W.-M. (2010). Qualitative methods in Asian science education research: Toward a cultural-historical and dialectic approach to research objects. In Y.-J. Lee (Ed.), Science Education in Asia (pp. 137–154), Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.

Hwang, S., & Roth, W.-M. (2009). Language and experience of self in science and transnational migration. In W.-M. Roth (Ed.), Science Education from People for People: Taking a Stand(point) (pp. 54–69), Routledge/Taylor Francis.

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