Professor Joan Bliss

Visiting fellow at Sussex University
Email: joan.bliss@btinternet.com
Telephone and fax number:
+44 (0)1273 483557
Address for correspondence:
Bramber Barn, South Farm Close,
Rodmell, East Sussex, BN7 3HW

Overseas Work

• Asia
• Sri Lanka
• Technical expert for the Overseas Development Agency to Curriculum Development Centre, Colombo Sri Lanka (1969-1973)
• Thailand
• Consultant: Ran a UNESCO South East Asian Seminar on Science and Mathematics Education, Bangkok (1971-72)
• Malaysia
• Consultant: Ran a Workshop on Science and Mathematics Education for RECSAM. Penang, Malaysia for seven South East Asian Nations (1973)

• USA
• Detroit
• Visiting Professor: Merrill-Palmer Human Relations Institute (1968). Three three-week postdoctoral courses on Piaget's work and his epistemology
• Boston
• Massachusetts Institute of Science & Technology (1980): Visiting Professor: One month stay to develop my own research programme, with weekly seminars to staff on the work of Piaget and my own research.

• Brazil
• Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro
• Visiting Professor: Instituto de Fisica, Sao Paolo University (1975) and (1990); Each visit covered a month's stay to teach new research methods, particularly in the qualitative approaches with specific references to systemic networks
• Regular visits to Federal University of Rio de Janeiro during the month (each time) to lecture on Piaget's work and my own research.

• Europe
• France
• University VII, Paris (1988): Piaget's work, my research and qualitative approaches to research; including systemic networks.
• University of Grenoble (1988): Qualitative approaches to research: in particular systemic networks.
• Germany
• European Science Foundation, Strasbourg (1990-1993).Cooperated in the development of a EU and ESF proposal for research on Learning in Humans and Machines)
• Spain
• University of Malaga (1987): Research methodologies, in particular qualitative ones.
• Autonomous University of Barcelona (2002): Qualitative approaches to research: including systemic networks.
• Greece
• University of Rhodes (1988): (one week seminar) Piaget's work and its implications for teaching mathematics and science.
• University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis : (two visits, each of one week 1997 and 2002) Piaget's work and its implications for teaching mathematics and science. Qualitative approaches to research: including systemic networks.
• Sweden
• University of Malmo (2003-2004): 6 workshops over the period of one year to train and assist researchers, teachers and doctoral students to carry out research.
• European Union: Brussels
• European Union, Brussels: Expert evaluator for calls since 1992 - until present for Frameworks 2 3, 4, 5 and 6
• Other countries visited to give key-note addresses, conferences or lectures:
• • Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte 2003.
  • China, Beijing, Guilin and Honkong, 2004.
  • Czechslovakia, Tatra 1983.
  • France: Bordeaux 1974, Paris, 1977, Montpellier 1977, Paris 1989, Lyons 1990, Aix en Provence 1992, Annency, 1994.
  • Germany, Rotenbury 1989.
  • Greece, Alexandroupolos 1997, Athens, 1998.
  • Hungary: Visegard 1974, Balaton 1977, Budapest 1982, 1988.
  • Japan, Tokyo, 2006
  • Portugal, Villa Real, 1992
  • Spain, Barcelona, 1997
  • Sweden, Malmo 2004
  • Switzerland, Geneva 1977, 1980, 1982, Lausanne, 1988.