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S K I L L S

PROFESSIONAL

Team Leadership

Public Speaking

Professional Counselor

Coaching & Mentoring

LANGUAGES

Spanish (Native Language)

English (Fluent)

H O B B I E S

Gardening

Reading Books on:

Philosophy, Science,

Healing, World Trends and

Yoga.

S U M M A R Y

PhD in Curriculum & Instruction graduated at Michigan State University. With +35 years of experience as undergraduate student’s physics professor, post-graduate student’s professor, lead a governmental institution advocated to develop local and small businesses and coaching post graduate students with focus in curriculum and qualitative research.

E X P E R I E N C E

Care-educator

Roswell, GA 2019 to Date

• Cared for 3Yo and 6yo grandkids.

• Provided guidance to induce Science learnings.

FREELANCE CONSULTANT

Trujillo, Venezuela 2007-2019

• Coached & mentored 22 graduate students pursuing their dissertation related to Qualitative Research.

• Guided the students in preparation and presentation of research findings. President

FUDET Trujillo, Venezuela 2001-2006

FUDET – Governmental institution advocated to develop small businesses, related mainly to local agricultural production.

• Make key corporate decisions.

• Lead an institution with 70+ employees.

• Evaluate and determine project feasibilities.

• One of the most relevant outcomes of this period, was the launch of Café Venezuela®, that later became the top coffee production and packing in the whole country.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

The Andes University (ULA) Trujillo, Venezuela 1988-2000 ULA is second largest and oldest state university in Venezuela advocated in teaching & research.

• Lead the Research and Graduate School at Trujillo University branch.

• Planned lessons and assignments, led discussion sections, graded papers and exams.

A R M A N D O C O N T R E R A S D I A Z

PhD

armandocontreras2010@

hotmail.com

+1-762-***-****

Roswell, GA

Linkedin.com/in/armando-

contreras-16154243

C O N T A C T

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E D U C A T I O N

PHD in Curriculum and

Instruction

Michigan State University

Lansing, Michigan

1983-1988

MSC in Physics and Instruction

Reading University

Reading, UK

1977-1978

Diploma in Science Education

Chelsea College

Reading, UK

1976-1977

Physics Professor

Universidad Pedagógica

Libertador

Caracas, Venezuela

1969 - 1974

E X P E R I E N C E ( C O N T . )

• Facilitated for 4 years a multi-module course on Qualitative Research (Doctoral Level) at the university.

• Conducted qualitative research related to middle school learning process in science.

• Facilitated similar courses in other local Venezuelan universities as well as overseas

(Panama, Chile, and Brazil).

• Invited as speaker to multiple national and international conferences on the topic of science education issues from a qualitative perspective. RESEARCH ASSITANT

Michigan State University Lansing, Michigan 1983 - 1988

• Assisted Professor Dr. James Gallagher, conducting qualitative research in middle school classrooms, collecting, and analyzing data.

• Invested a 2-year research project at 3 high schools in East Lansing, which results were awarded an Annual Patrons Award at the National Association in Science Teaching.

• Published a paper in the Journal Science Education PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR

Universidad Pedagógica Libertador Caracas, Venezuela 1969 - 1974

• Coordinated the Physics Labs.

• Facilitated Physics class to undergraduate students.

• Planned lessons and assignments, led discussion sections, graded papers and exams.

A C H I E V E M E N T

Annual Patrons Award for a researched paper entitled “A discourse analysis on Newtons second law as taught by three experience high school physics teachers” which is judged to have the greatest significance and potential in the field of Science Education

Awarded by The National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

1989

Member of the Editorial Board of the Science Education Journal Review publications of other authors before published. Awarded by the Journal Science Education 1989-1990. A R M A N D O C O N T R E R A S D I A Z

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