Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Ari Widodo is a professor of science education at the Faculty of Mathematics and Science, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia.

His Educational Background:

  • Department of Biology Education, IKIP Bandung (undergraduate),
  • Deakin University, Melbourne – Australia (Master),
  • Christian-Albrechts Universität zu Kiel, Kiel – Germany (Doctoral).

He is an active researcher and writer. Books and book chapters that have been written include: Constructivist Oriented Lessons: The Learning Environments and the Teaching Sequences (Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, 2004); Learning Guide for Natural Sciences in SD/MI (Center for Books, Ministry of National Education: Jakarta, 2009); Teaching science for conceptual change. in S. Vosniadou (Ed.). International Handbook of Research on Conceptual Change. New York: Routledge, 2013); Indonesia. in B. Vlaardingerbroek and N. Taylor (Eds.). Teacher Quality in Upper Secondary Science Education. (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).

His research interests about constructivism and conceptual change, STEM, and teacher professional development

Skills and Expertise: Teaching Skills, Science Education, Professional Development, Teaching and Learning, Teacher Training