Kenneth Tobin (born 1944 in Western Australia) is a Presidential Professor of Urban Education in the doctoral program at CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.[1] Throughout his career, he has published over 400 books, book chapters and journal articles in the topics of science education, teacher education, emotions, wellness, and research methods. According to Google Scholar his work has been cited over 17,700 times.
In 1964, Kenneth Tobin began teaching high school science and mathematics in rural Western Australia. He continued as teacher and curriculum developer for a decade, after which he became a teacher educator at Graylands Teachers College, later to become part of Edith Cowan University. In Australia, Tobin has had faculty appointments at the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) and has been an adjunct professor at Queensland University of Technology, and Murdoch University. Tobin came to the United States in 1987 and was a tenured professor at Florida State University (10 years), University of Pennsylvania (6 years), and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (15 years), where he is presently Presidential Professor of Urban Education.
New Pathways
Tobin began formal studies of Jin Shin Jyutsu in 2014 and continues to learn through practice of the art of JSJ, undertaking research on use of JSJ and dis-ease such as diabetes 2, and participation in classes offered by Jin Shin Jyutsu (Scottsdale, AZ) https://www.jsjinc.net/. As part of his focus on different complementary modalities, Tobin also has studied Integrated Iridology with Toni Miller (Brisbane, Australia). Presently he uses both JSJ and iridology in ongoing studies of wellness, mindfulness, and more broadly, contemplative inquiry.
- Tobin, Kenneth (2018). The role of mindfulness in harmonizing sustainable lifestyles. Learning: Research and Practice,4, 112-125. DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2018.1435039.
- Tobin, Kenneth (2018). Mindfulness in education. Learning: Research and Practice, 4, 1-9. DOI: 10.1080/23735082.2018.1433623.
- Tobin, Kenneth & Nick Ansari (2017). Complementary perspectives on the enigma of Diabetes mellitus. In M. Powietrzynska, & K. Tobin (Eds). Weaving complementary knowledge systems and mindfulness to educate a literate citizenry for sustainable and healthy lives (pp. 345–369). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill |Sense Publishing.
- Tobin, Kenneth (2017). Researching mindfulness and wellness. In M. Powietrzynska, & K. Tobin (Eds). Weaving complementary knowledge systems and mindfulness to educate a literate citizenry for sustainable and healthy lives (pp. 1–19). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Sense Publishing.
- Tobin, Kenneth, Konstantinos Alexakos, Anna Malyukova, & Karim A.- H. Gangji, (2016). Jin Shin Jyutsu and ameliorating emotion, enhancing mindfulness, and sustaining productive learning environments. In A. Bellocchi, K. Otrel-Cass, & C. Quigley (Eds). Beyond cognition in science education. Springer: NL, Dordrecht.
- Tobin, Kenneth (2016). Connecting science education to a world in crisis. Asia-Pacific Science Education, 1, DOI 10.1186/s41029-015-0003-z.
- Tobin, Kenneth, King, D., Henderson, S., Bellocchi, A., & Ritchie, S. M. (2016). Expression of emotions and physiological changes during teaching. Cultural Studies of Science Education. DOI: 10.1007/s11422-016-9778-9 (view published version at: http://rdcu.be/jQRi)
- Tobin, Kenneth (2016). Collaborating on global priorities: Science education for everyone – any time and everywhere. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 11(1), 27-40. DOI: 10.1007/s11422-015-9708-2
- Tobin, Kenneth (2015). The sociocultural turn: Beyond theoretical imperialism and the imperative of learning from difference. In Catherine Milne, Kenneth Tobin, & Donna deGennaro (Eds). Sociocultural studies and implications for science education (pp. 3–31). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4240-6_1
- Tobin, Kenneth, Konstantinos Alexakos, & Malgorzata Powietrzynska, (2015). Mindfulness and wellness: Central components of a science of learning. Innovación Educativa, 15(67), 61-87.