Mijung Kim

Mijung Kim is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. She holds a PhD from the same institution and has held academic roles at Seoul National University, National Institute of Education (Singapore), and the University of Victoria prior to joining Alberta in 2015. Her research focuses on science education as inquiry, children’s scientific reasoning, dialogical argumentation, socioscientific reasoning for sustainability, and teacher professional vision.

Education:

• PhD in Education, University of Alberta

Research Interests:

• Teaching science as inquiry-based learning
• Children’s scientific reasoning and collaborative problem-solving
• Socioscientific reasoning for sustainability education
• Teacher professional development in STEM education
• Curriculum analysis using Bloom’s Taxonomy

Awards:

• Springer Best Paper Award (2018)
• Best Paper Award, International STEM Education Conference (2014)
• Springer Best Paper Award, Asian Science Education Conference (2008)

Grants & Professional Work:

• SSHRC Insight Grant (2023–present) for reasoning and decision-making skills in socioscientific contexts
• Co-PI on a University of Alberta grant (2020) for STEM education professional development
• Extensive grants focused on argumentation, sustainability, and inquiry-based teaching

Teaching:

• Courses include EDEL 330 (Elementary Science Pedagogy), EDEL 567 (Educational Research Methods), and EDES 509 (Science Teaching Strategies)