Joshua Rosenberg bridges two emerging fields: data science education, which teaches students how to analyze and interpret data, and educational data science, which uses\u00a0data science principles to improve educational outcomes. His work empowers teachers and students to use data and digital technologies to explore scientific questions in new and meaningful ways.<\/p>\n
\u201cData is everywhere\u2014in our communities, classrooms, and daily lives\u2014but we\u2019re still learning how to make the most sense of it, particularly for educational uses,\u201d said Rosenberg,\u00a0the Haslam Family Professor and an associate professor of STEM education. \u201cMy work focuses on helping teachers and students use data not just to find answers but to ask more meaningful questions and to better understand how scientific knowledge is built.\u201d<\/p>\n
After receiving his PhD in educational psychology and educational technology from Michigan State University, Rosenberg was drawn to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, by the opportunity to teach and conduct research in both science education and educational technology. Now in his seventh year at UT, he teaches science methods courses for prospective science teachers and data science education courses for data analysts and researchers. His teaching and research are closely intertwined, focusing on how educators and learners can explore data to make scientific thinking more relevant and participatory.<\/p>\n