Patricia Monzón

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Information about myself

First and last name: Patricia Monzón

Email: pmonzon@cnba.uba.ar or pmonzon_2001@yahoo.com

Education

M.S. in Cognitive Psychology. Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) “Artistic projects and Science learning” - 2006
B.S. in Electronic Engineering. Universidad de Buenos Aires - 1982 - 1991

Bachiller. Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires - 1976 - 1981.

Teaching Experience

Teaching assistant. Engineering Universidad de Buenos Aires - 2006
Teaching assistant. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - 2005 to now
Teaching assistant. Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires - 2000 - 2005
Physics teacher in High School. Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. - 1993 to now
Teaching assistant. Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. - 1984 - 1989
Conference Presentations

“Science And Art In Science Class. Some ideas for deeper thinking”. Fourth International Conference on imagination and Education. Oral presentation. - Vancouver - Canada - 2006
“Why is it important that students create artistic works even in a Science Class, throughout their Imagination? Third International Conference on Imagination and Education. Virtual presenter - Vancouver - Canada - 2005
“Producción de herramientas culturales en clase de física”. Séptimo Simposio de investigación en Educación en Física (SIEF). Oral Presentation - La Pampa - Argentina - 2004
“Fictional Products and Physics Learning in a secondary school”. First International Conference on Imagination and Education. Oral presentation. - Vancouver - Canada - 2003
Producción y consumo de herramientas culturales en una clase de física en un colegio secundario.” III Conferencia de pesquisa socio - cultural. Oral presentation. - Campinas - Brasil - 2000

Workshops

“Artistic productions and Science learning.” NEST - MIT (Massachussets Institute of Technology). - Cambridge - USA - 2006

Projets

Didactic Museum about Physics and Physics learning. Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires. 2004- Now. Multidisciplinary projects with students and teachers working on old Physics learning machines.
High school: Science learning and artistic projects, implemented in high school class. 2000- 2006
After giving a workshop to the members of the Network of Educators of Science and Technology and MIT in the program for Science and Engineering teachers, I will keep in touch with those interested in sharing their experiences based in this proposal. The idea is go to deeper into the research on imagination in classroom practice.
Projects in development: Building an International Research Network in Imagination and Education (IRNIE), International Opportunities Fund Developmental Grant.