The Association for Science Education (ASE) is an active membership body dedicated to supporting excellence in science education from pre-school to higher education.
Professor Reiss will begin his term as President at the ASE Annual Conference 2022, where he will deliver the annual Presidential Address on 6 January and the International Day Presidential Address at the organisation’s online conference on Wednesday 12 January.
Reflecting on the appointment, Professor Reiss said: “I have been a member of the ASE since I trained to be a school teacher in 1982-83. It is a wonderful organisation and has never been more needed, given the challenges that teachers, technicians and other science educators face and given the importance of science in today’s world. I am deeply honoured to be the Association’s incoming President.”
Michael Reiss is Professor of Science Education at the IOE, Visiting Professor at the Royal Veterinary College, a member of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
He has worked on many research and consultancy projects in his career, principally in science education, sex education and bioethics.