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As the Senior Director of STEM Education at the ETHOS Innovation Center, John Taylor previously spent 26 years as a physics teacher serving the youth of Elkhart County.
A husband and father of two young adults, he enjoys sharing the wonders of the science in the world around us. With a degree in physics from Indiana University, and a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from Indiana Wesleyan University, he has enjoyed developing his own brand of cooperative open inquiry lab structure (Teaming). And, this led to students as student researchers/ experimentalists. |
To support research student needs (and just have fun with science), his secondary students went so far as to establish a small rodent (mouse) lab and roof based solar lab station with multiple telescopes. His science pedagogical work, coupled with a passion for research work, paralleled his participation in numerous research experiences.
These included working on various experiments in fields such as astro, nuclear, solid state and high energy physics with Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, and Caltech. In each of these institutions he was often able to involve his own high school students, sharing findings with the larger scientific community locally and nationally. His students have competed in Regional, State and International Science & Engineering Fairs, and he has also presented at numerous state, national and international conferences sharing science research work and/or educational research and approaches. At ETHOS, he served an interim as the CEO and Museum Director before his current position, and enjoys training k-12 educators in inquiry instruction towards the goal of creating a region where children are ensured a fun and full science education in every grade and every school, leading to success in Pathways education.
These included working on various experiments in fields such as astro, nuclear, solid state and high energy physics with Indiana University, University of Notre Dame, and Caltech. In each of these institutions he was often able to involve his own high school students, sharing findings with the larger scientific community locally and nationally. His students have competed in Regional, State and International Science & Engineering Fairs, and he has also presented at numerous state, national and international conferences sharing science research work and/or educational research and approaches. At ETHOS, he served an interim as the CEO and Museum Director before his current position, and enjoys training k-12 educators in inquiry instruction towards the goal of creating a region where children are ensured a fun and full science education in every grade and every school, leading to success in Pathways education.
