“Designing the best science education we can envision, inspired by research and driven by people working together.”

Lesley de Putter is an Assistant Professor and teacher educator. Her research interests are STEM education, teacher education and continuing teacher professional development. A particular focus of her research is on engaging science learning environments. Science education is evolving towards student-centred learning, learning through scientific inquiry, in a context of social scientific issues. This trend is nurtured by and grounds for educational research.

Lesley de Putter obtained her MSc degree in Chemistry from Utrecht University in 2000, followed by a PDEng degree in Process and Product Design from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 2003. She was a physics teacher at Heerbeeck College, a high school in the Eindhoven area from 2003 until 2012, during which she started her PhD research (2007) at Eindhoven School of Education (ESoE) that was completed in 2011. In 2012, De Putter became a physics teacher educator at ESoE and in 2014 she was appointed Assistant Professor. From September 2019 untill December 2022 she was manager ESA for ESOE.  She developed chemistry courses for future teachers for Radboud University Nijmegen, next to her research and is now involved in chemistry teacher education at ESoE.

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