Heather Miller
Teaching Experience
Science Teacher Education and Development Grant, Allendale, MI 2011-2019
Workshop Specialist
Facilitate teacher professional development workshops focused on integration of geology and biology for Grand Rapids area middle school science teachers with focus on Next Generation Science Standards. The STEAD Program (Science Teacher Education and Development program) is a Michigan Department of Education grant through Grand Valley State University. Includes assisting the teachers in designing and implementing developmentally appropriate inquiry activities to be used in their classrooms. Conduct onsite classroom visits with each participating teacher to help with inquiry implementation and to be the scientist in the classroom.
Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI 2009-2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Geology
Taught science courses for pre-service teachers, non-science majors, and geology majors. These courses included: Integrated Earth and Life Science, Climate Change Today, Hydrosphere for K-8 Pre-service Teachers, Introduction to Oceanography, Geology Seminar, Senior Research. Advised over 250 students on their academic path in Integrated Sciences Teacher program, Earth Sciences program, and Special Education program. Services to the department, college and the university included such things as overseeing the departmental computer lab, minute taker at all meetings, and advisor for student chapter of National Science Teacher Association. Conducted collaborative research with students, fellow colleagues within the department, university and outside universities; topics included: student misconceptions in geosciences, use of mathematics in middle school science classrooms, incorporating Next Generation Science Standards into pre-services teacher courses, and use of an integrated science approach to teaching about climate science. Member of the Integrated Science Program for pre-service teachers, an interdisciplinary science program designed for students seeking certification to teach at the elementary school level; specifically teaching earth science courses designed to focus on both science content and pedagogy. http://gvsu.edu/geology and http://gvsu.edu/isci
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, College Station, TX 2006-2009
Graduate Assistant
Designed and maintained online community wiki, blogs, and networks for the grant team and in-service teacher participants that focused on the use of a professional learning community to help support of the design and use of inquiry in the science and mathematics classrooms. Designed and implemented several seminars that focused on inquiry planning, implementation, management techniques and effective evaluation procedures. Collected, analyzed, and disseminated data and findings related to the research via papers and presentations. http://plcmets.pbworks.com
Professional Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Kim, H.J., Miller, H.R., Herbert, B.E., Perdersen, S., Loving, C. 2012. Using a Wiki in a Scientist-Teacher Professional Learning Community: Impact on Teacher Perception Changes. Journal of Science Education and Technology 21, no. 4 (2012): 440-52.
Kim, H.J., Miller, H.R., Herbert, B.E., Perdersen, S., Loving, C. 2010. Using a wiki in a scientist-teacher professional learning community: Impact on teacher perception changes, Journal of Science Education and Technology 10.1007/s10956-011-9336-x
Miller, H.R., McNeal, K.S., and Herbert, B.E. 2010. Inquiry in the Physical Geology Classroom: Supporting Students’ Conceptual Model Development. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 34(4), 595-615.
Markley, C.E., Miller, H.R., Kneeshaw, T., and Herbert, B.E. 2009. Influence of Teachers’ Conceptions on Classroom Education in Geology at a Research University. Journal of Geoscience Education, 57(4), 213-223.
Miller, H.R., Kim, H.J., and Herbert, B.E. 2009. Theoretical Foundations for Design of Online Tools for a Professional Learning Community for Novice Science Teachers. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 2015-2018). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Kim, H.J., Miller, H., Herbert, B., Loving, C. & Pedersen, S. (2009). Greasing the Wheels: Facilitating Mentoring Within a Professional Development Community for Novice Science Teachers Through Social Network Tools. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 3162-3167). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Kim, H.J., Miller, H., Herbert, B., Loving, C. & Pedersen, S. (2009). Exploring Teacher Knowledge and Technology Use in Creating the Inquiry Classroom: Implications for Novice Science Teacher Professional Development. In I. Gibson et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2009 (pp. 3155-3161). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
McNeal, K.S., Miller, H.R., and Herbert, B.E. 2008. Student Conceptual Model Development of Coastal Eutrophication in an Introductory Physical Geology Course. Journal of Geoscience Education, 56(3), 201-211.
Selected National Presentations and Abstracts:
Schiller, E., Miller, H.R. 2022, Spheres of Understanding. Annual National Science Teachers Association meeting, Houston, TX, April 2022.
Miller, H.R., Mattox, S., Llerandi-Román, P. & Dobson, C. 2014, Using an Integrated Approach to Supporting Climate Change Literacy for Pre-Service Teachers. Annual American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2014. * Invited speaker for Climate Literacy: Overcoming Barriers – Research Outcomes and Best Practices for Supporting Education and Informed Decision Making session.
Libarkin, J., Miller, H.R., Thomas, S., & Spadafore*, J. 2013 Scientists’ internal model of the greenhouse effect. December 2013 American Geophysical Union annual meeting in San Francisco, CA. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 94(44).
Miller, H.R., Libarkin, J., Thomas, S. & Spadafore, J. 2013, Helping to Improve Non-Science Student’s Conceptual Understanding of the Greenhouse Effect. October 2013, Geological Society of America annual meeting in Denver, CO. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs V 45, n 7.
Dobson, C., Miller, H.R., Llerandi-Román, P. & Mattox, S. 2013, Integrating Climate Change for Elementary Pre-Service Teachers: Tales from the Field. National Science Teachers Association annual meeting, April 10-13, San Antonio, Texas.
Miller, H.R. Conceptualized Toposequence of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge in South Texas. November 2012, Geological Society of America annual meeting in Charlotte, NC. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
Miller, H.R., Llerandi-Ramon, P.A., Mattox, S., Dobson, C. 2011. Integrating Climate Change for Elementary Pre-service Teachers: Tales from the Field. October 2011 Geological Society of America annual meeting in Minneapolis, MN. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 43 (5), 405.
Smith, S*, Miller, H.R. How Secondary Science Teachers use Mathematics in the Classroom: Supporting Students’ Understanding of Analyzing and Representing Data. Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters, March 2011. * Undergraduate Student at Grand Valley State University.
Herbert, B.E., Miller, H.E., Loving, C.C., and Pederson, S. 2010. Transferring Science to Middle-School Classrooms Using Authentic Datasets Through and Inquiry-focused, Early-Career, Science Teacher Professional Development Program. Oct 2010 Geological Society of America annual meeting, Denver, CO.
Miller, H.R., Kim, H.J., and Herbert, B.E. 2009. Theoretical Foundations for Design of Online Tools for a Professional Learning Community for Novice Science Teachers. Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference March 2009, Charleston, S.C.
Published: June 20, 2022