Lena Ballone Duran

Ph.D., University of Toledo, Curriculum and Instruction & Science Education, 1999

M.Ed., University of Toledo, Secondary Education, 1997

B.S., Youngstown State University, Secondary Science Education, 1992

Science education Pre K-12 levels including specialization in design and delivery of science education professional development. Other ideas of expertise include cooperative learning, differentiated instruction, science inquiry teaching strategies, and learning cycles.

Lena Ballone Duran has been a School of Teaching and Learning faculty member since August, 1999.

• Secondary Science Methods
  
• Early Childhood Science Methods
  
• Middle Childhood Science Methods
  
• Advanced Seminar in Science Teaching
  
• Upper Elementary Science Instruction
  
• Curriculum and Instructional Design
  
• Curriculum Inquiry

Duran, E., Duran, L., & Worch, E. (2014). Stem in the Park; A model program that provides roots for STEM learning. A presentation at The National Science Teachers Association conference, Orlando, FL.

Co-Director: BGSU STEM in the Park

Member: NWO COSMOS

Traveling, exercising, and spending time with family.