Sonya N. Martin PhD
Department of Science Education
Seoul National University, Republic of Korea


Teaching Awards
Courses
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Outstanding Research Poster Presentation, January 2022
Korean Association for Science Education (KASE)
Kim, M.J., Lee, H., & Martin, S. (2022).보편적 학습설계 기반 과학관 유튜브 교육 콘텐츠 체크리스트 개발. Daegu University, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
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Award of Merit, January 2022
Korean Association for Science Education (KASE)
Awarded for significant contributions to the development and support of the KASE sponsored journal, Asia-Pacific Science Education. The journal was included to SCOPUS index.
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Asia-Pacific Science Education – Best Paper of the Year, July 2020
Korean Association for Science Education (KASE)
Awarded for best paper published in the journal for the previous year based on number of article accesses by the readers.
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Seoul National University
Awarded for innovations and excellence in teaching to ten faculty members from different colleges across the university each year. This was the first time the award was given to a non-Korean, international faculty member.
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Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Global Networking Talent Project
National Taiwan Normal University
Invited by Dr. Chun-Yen Cheng, Director of the Science Education Center at National Taiwan Normal University as a visiting scholar to share techniques in qualitative ethnographic research methods with doctoral students and faculty. Engaged in series of small group research meetings and seminars with all science content faculty areas and their science education doctoral students during winter and summer semesters in 2016 and 2017.
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Outstanding Research Poster Presentation
ECCO-SM International Conference
Kim, E.J., & Martin, S. (January, 2015). Understanding Student and Teacher Interactions in Korean High School Science Classrooms from a Structure and Agency Dialectic Perspective. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Outstanding Research Poster Presentation, Korean Earth Science Education Association
Park, J., & Martin, S. (September, 2014). Examining how teacher’s attitudes about inquiry and language learners can shape students’ opportunities to learn science. Seoul, Republic of Korea.
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
Nominated: NARST Early Career Award 2010
The NARST Early Career Research Award acknowledges contributions to science education through research by individuals during the five years immediately following receipt of the doctoral degree.
Dean’s Faculty Scholarship Award
Drexel University, School of Education 2010
Award presented at the School of Education Honors Day and awarded in recognition of excellence in scholarship by a faculty member.
Association for Science Teacher Education
Award IV – Innovations in Teaching Science Teachers - 2008
Martin, S., & Scantlebury, K. (2008). More than a conversation: Using cogenerative dialogues in the professional development of high school chemistry teachers.
http://theaste.org/memberresources/awards/2008/Award%20IV/Award%20IV.htm
City University of New York - Academy for the Humanities
Nomination: Feliks Gross Endowment Award for Outstanding Research by Junior Faculty 2007
Awarded to a junior faculty member who shows promise of making a worthwhile contribution through research to their field, the university and academia as a whole.
National Association for Research in Science Teaching
Nominated for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation of the Year Award
Finalist in the Cultural and Social Sciences Category for 2005
Course Development and Re-design
Assistant Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. August 2011
EDUC 638 Sociocultural Perspectives in Science Education Research - This course provides theoretical foundations and practical research methods of socio-cultural approaches for researchers who are interested in science teacher education. Theories of socio-cultural approaches are introduced and research studies are shared and analyzed. Students develop, present, and share research plans focusing on socio-cultural research approached in science teacher education.
EDUC 616 Qualitative Research Methods in Science Education - This course presented historical context for current methods and issues related to qualitative research in science education. It provides an introduction to the history, theory, assumptions, design, and methods of qualitative inquiry in educational settings. The course seeks to ground students in the founding principles of qualitative and ethnographic research. The central focus of the course focuses on how these assumptions have changed over time.
Courses Taught 2002 – present
Doctoral / Master’s Science, Mathematics, Technology Education
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EDUC M1879 Writing in Science Education Research – Seoul National University
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EDUC M1879 Gender and Science – Seoul National University
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EDU 716.913 Classroom Interactions in the Science Education– Seoul National University
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EDU 904.616 Teachers as Researchers in Science Education – Seoul National University
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EDU 636.616 PCK & Science Teacher Education – Seoul National University
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EDU 716.616 Qualitative Research Methods in Science Education – Seoul National University
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EDU 716.638 Socio-Cultural Approaches in Science Education – Seoul National University
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U ED 722000 Contemporary research, theory and practice in SMT - Graduate Center, CUNY
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U ED 801000 Independent Reading and Research - Graduate Center, CUNY
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EDUC 520 (Professional Studies of Instruction) – Drexel University
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EDUC 514 (Science Teaching Methods) – Drexel University
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EDUC 524 (Current Research in Curriculum and Instruction) – Drexel University
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EDUC 540 (Supervised Field Experience) – Drexel University
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EDUC 584 (Teaching Science in the Middle School) – University of Penn
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EDUC 657 (Advanced Topics in Teaching Secondary School Science) - University of Penn
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EDUC 627 (Teaching Middle & Secondary School Science Education) - University of Penn
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MCE 636 (Advanced Topics in Teaching & Learning Chemistry) - University of Penn
Graduate Elementary Science Education
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EDUC 515 (Diversity and Today’s Teacher) – Drexel University
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EDUC 775 (Integrating Children’s Literature and Content Instruction) – Drexel University
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EDUC 524 (Current Research in Curriculum and Instruction) – Drexel University
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EECE 798 (Reading and Writing for Learning in Science)- Queens College, CUNY
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EECE 757 (Physical Science in the Elementary Science Classroom) - Queens College, CUNY,
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EECE 555 (Science in the Elementary School) - Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY
Undergraduate Elementary and Secondary Science Education
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EDUC M1829 Blending Learning in Science Education – Seoul National University
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EDUC 308 Teaching science to diverse students – Seoul National University
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EDUC 307 Science and Language Learning - – Seoul National University
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EDUC 320 (Professional Studies of Instruction) – Drexel University
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EDUC 324 (Current Research in Curriculum and Instruction) – Drexel University
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EDUC 114 (Science Teaching Methods) – Drexel University
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EDUC 775 (Integrating Children’s Literature and Content Instruction) – Drexel University
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EDUC 324 (Current Research in Curriculum and Instruction) – Drexel University
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EECE 351 (Science in the Elementary School) - Queens College, CUNY
ONLINE – DISTANCE COURSES (*Pre-Pandemic courses)
Undergraduate Elementary Science Education
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EDUC 314 (K-8 Science Teaching Methods) – Drexel University
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EDUC 114 (Science Teaching Methods) – Drexel University
Online Graduate Secondary Science Education
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EDUC 775 (Integrating Children’s Literature and Content Instruction) – Drexel University
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EDUC 516 (Diversity and Today’s Teacher) – Drexel University
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EDUC 514 (Secondary Science Teaching Methods) – Drexel University
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EDUC 609 (Language and Culture in Education) – Drexel University