Roderic Brame, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Science Education

"I believe in making learning meaningful to ALL students. I focus on student centered instruction and Problem or Project Based Learning. Learning should be fun and challenging at the same time. Students should be excited and intense about learning while applying core calues and a professional learning environment."

Dr. Brame considers himself a "geogeek" and science educator dedicated to improving STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Technology) education. He integrates art in much of his teaching, so the class can create STEAM. To build a society who loves to learn, Dr. Brame belives we have to love to teach and find ways to make learning valuable to the students. After dropping out of high school and injuring his back while working as a heavy machinery mechanic, Dr. Brame earned his B.S. in Geology from Radford University, an M.S. in Science Education from Radford University, and a Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Since them, Dr. Brame has been focused on improving the quality of teaching and learning in STEM fields. He is currently involved with a $950,000 grant supported the Helios Foundation to improve STEM education in middle school for PolkCounty. He serves on advisory boards fo rth Heartland Education Consortium, STEMflorida, and Florida Learns. At the national level, he serves on the national selection committee for the PAEMST, Chair of Earth Scienes for the Intel ISEF, and has hosted the World Invitational FirstLego League Robotics Championship.

Education     

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institution
M.S., Science Education, Radford University
B.S., Geology, minor Mathematics, Radford University

Honors and Awards

Nominated for Outstanding Faculty, USF Polytechnic - 2011

Outstanding Support o the Pasco County Regional Science Fair Winners, Pasco County Public Schools - 2009

Outstanding Support of the Northen Virginia Regional Science Fair Winners, Alexandria City Public Schools - 2006

Recent Publications

Brame, Roderic, 2011 (in technical edit). Mighty Titans. A personal narration with a compilation of high school student stories about programs designed to improve learning and teaching in diverse and urban settings; designed to give student perspectives on education to administrators, teachers, and parents.

Bush, Andrew and Brame, Roderic, 2010. Multiple paleoecological controls on the composition of marine fossil assemblages from the Frasnian (Late Devonian) of Virginia, Paleobiology, 36(4), pp. 573-591.

Brame, Roderic, 2009. Instructors Manual with Inquiry Activities for Visualizing Earth History, by Loren E. Babcock, John Wiley and Sons press.

Hoover, Matthew, Brame, Roderic, Smith, Michael, and Middaugh, Laura, 2005. National Status  Report on K-12 Earth Science Education. American Geological Institute.

Slattery, William and Brame, Roderic, 2003. Supporting the Standards: A Master’s Degree   Program for k-12 Teacher Professional Development. Journal of Geoscience Education.         Vol. 50.