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Arthur Galamba

Dr Arthur Galamba

Senior Lecturer in Science Education

  • Director of PGCE Science, PGCE Physics and PGCE Physics with Maths
  • STEM Education Hub Coordinator

Research interests

  • Education
  • Policy
  • Political Thought

Biography

Arthur taught physics in secondary schools in Brazil for over 12 years and gained a master's degree in Cognitive Psychology before moving to the UK to gain his QTS and a PhD. He is a Lecturer in Science Education at King's PGCE programme.

He currently is the Director of the PGCE Science at the School of Education, Communication & Society at King’s. He is also a coordinator of the STEM Education Hub, a decolonial project run in partnership between KCL and the British Council Brazil, which seeks to create and support opportunities for collaboration between UK and Brazil educators. One of the main objectives of the Hub is to support school teachers in Brazil and in the UK to create research-led lessons.

Arthur’s current research interests run from Education for Democracy, Anti-fascist Education, and Decolonisation to International Teacher Education. During his time as a physics teacher, Arthur was fascinated by how current teaching practices are influenced by scholars and programmes which were prominent over the past 150 years in Western societies. During his PhD, he has developed a critical appreciation of humanistic approaches to the learning of science, such as how science teaching approaches have tried to emulate some characteristics of the humanities. Arthur has always had a deep interest in international collaboration in education and as a result he was awarded with an internship at UNESCO in Geneva whilst he was a PhD student.

Research

Arthur's current research interests are:

  • Anti-fascist education.
  • Decolonisation of the curriculum.
  • International teacher education.
  • Online and blended learning.

PhD supervision: He is happy to supervise PhDs on these topics listed above.

Teaching

    Research

    CRESTEM PGCE outside
    Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

    Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

    KBI Cathedral of Brasília, Brazil
    Culture, society and identities

    This research group analyses Brazilian culture and how class, regional, gender, racial and ethnic identities are expressed

    King's Water Centre Web Banner
    King's Water Centre

    Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.

    News

    New book calls for teachers to use critical pedagogies in STEM education

    Researchers from the UK and Brazil have just published an open-access book to encourage STEM educators to use critical ways of teaching in the classroom.

    Critical Pedagogies tablet

    Brazil Institute academic shares insights on teaching with Brazilian educators

    Dr Arthur Galamba, Lecturer in Science Education and Deputy Director of the King’s Brazil Institute, spoke about our STEM Education Hub and PGCE programme at...

    Arthur Galamba presenting at Bett Brazil

    Events

    24Octlagos-techie-unsplash-780x450

    Roundtable: Using Assessment for Learning in digital environments

    Join the STEM Education Hub for a dynamic roundtable on Assessment for Learning (AfL) with experts from Brazil and the UK. Discover how AfL empowers STEM...

    Please note: this event has passed.

    26MayAtlas Map of Brazil

    Fake news and the rupture of democracy: a world phenomenon?

    Hear from four prominent Brazilian personalities, journalists and researchers to discuss the role that media bias and fake news.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    04MarSalamandra_KBI

    Debate on the film Salamandra

    King's Brazil Institute is delighted to invite you to debate debut feature Salamandra with director Alex Carvalho and co-producer Adriana Rouanet.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    26JanBrazil week 2021

    Launching the STEM Education Hub: Introducing the STEM Education Hub

    This event will introduce a new and exciting collaboration between the King’s Brazil Institute and British Council Brazil.

    Please note: this event has passed.

    Features

    It's Just Research, Ep. 1: 'Bringing politics into the science classroom, with Arthur Galamba'

    In the first episode of ‘It’s Just Research: Critically questioning the world we live in’, we talked to Dr Arthur Galamba, Senior Lecturer in Science...

    ECS podcast ep1 fascism

      Research

      CRESTEM PGCE outside
      Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

      Centre for Research in Education in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (CRESTEM)

      KBI Cathedral of Brasília, Brazil
      Culture, society and identities

      This research group analyses Brazilian culture and how class, regional, gender, racial and ethnic identities are expressed

      King's Water Centre Web Banner
      King's Water Centre

      Researching water, environment and development. Our centre spans the humanities, social, and physical sciences to explore the challenges of water governance from global to local scales.

      News

      New book calls for teachers to use critical pedagogies in STEM education

      Researchers from the UK and Brazil have just published an open-access book to encourage STEM educators to use critical ways of teaching in the classroom.

      Critical Pedagogies tablet

      Brazil Institute academic shares insights on teaching with Brazilian educators

      Dr Arthur Galamba, Lecturer in Science Education and Deputy Director of the King’s Brazil Institute, spoke about our STEM Education Hub and PGCE programme at...

      Arthur Galamba presenting at Bett Brazil

      Events

      24Octlagos-techie-unsplash-780x450

      Roundtable: Using Assessment for Learning in digital environments

      Join the STEM Education Hub for a dynamic roundtable on Assessment for Learning (AfL) with experts from Brazil and the UK. Discover how AfL empowers STEM...

      Please note: this event has passed.

      26MayAtlas Map of Brazil

      Fake news and the rupture of democracy: a world phenomenon?

      Hear from four prominent Brazilian personalities, journalists and researchers to discuss the role that media bias and fake news.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      04MarSalamandra_KBI

      Debate on the film Salamandra

      King's Brazil Institute is delighted to invite you to debate debut feature Salamandra with director Alex Carvalho and co-producer Adriana Rouanet.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      26JanBrazil week 2021

      Launching the STEM Education Hub: Introducing the STEM Education Hub

      This event will introduce a new and exciting collaboration between the King’s Brazil Institute and British Council Brazil.

      Please note: this event has passed.

      Features

      It's Just Research, Ep. 1: 'Bringing politics into the science classroom, with Arthur Galamba'

      In the first episode of ‘It’s Just Research: Critically questioning the world we live in’, we talked to Dr Arthur Galamba, Senior Lecturer in Science...

      ECS podcast ep1 fascism