Jonathan Osborne is a Professor of Science Education at King's College London where he has worked since 1985. Prior to that, he worked as an advisory teacher and a teacher of physics in Inner London. He has an extensive record of publications and research in science education in the field of primary science, science education policy, the teaching of the history of science, argumentation and informal science education. He was a co-editor of Beyond 2000: Science Education for the Future, an ESRC fellow on their Public Understanding of Science Program, an adviser to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee on their report on science education produced in 2002. He was a member of the Board of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (U.S.) from 2000-3 and has just been elected its President for 2006. His first degree is in physics, he has a master's degree in astrophysics and a PhD from King's College in education.