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in the education of STEM teachers for high-need school districts through sharing of evidence-based innovations
to encourage adaption and move forward collective evolution of effective preparation.
Professional Learning Communities in STEM Teacher Preparation
Caption: Fall 2024 Kean NSF Noyce CREST Scholar Cohort #1 – Jairo M. Victoriano (Mathematics Education); Deirdre Corbett and Aliyah Wilson (Mathematics Education/Teacher of Students w/Disabilities); Hailey Kassteen (Biology Education); Matthew Velasquez (Biology Education/Teacher of Students w/Disabilities) Higher education, in many academic... Read More
Five Points STEM Educators Should Consider When Integrating GenAI Within Their Methods Courses
STEM teacher educators are responsible for preparing prospective and in-service teachers with the knowledge and skills to optimize positive learning outcomes within their own classrooms. Thus, faculty often have to ensure the content of the professional learning activities they facilitate is timely... Read More
Content Consultations: How STEM Teachers Can Consult with Special Educators to Meet the Needs of All Students
STEM teachers, whether in rural, urban, suburban, or First Nations settings, are acutely aware of the mandate to provide equitable access for students with learning differences (e.g., learning disabilities, exceptionalities, or special education needs). Yet, data indicate that STEM teachers have not... Read More
Preparing Future Teachers for STEM: The Mobile Making After-school Program
A child’s early interest in science is essential. Without a passion for science ignited before middle school, children are significantly less likely to pursue science in higher education and to enter the science and engineering workforce (Tai, 2006). Unfortunately, within elementary schools... Read More
The Hunter and the Alligator: How Choctaw Stories Help Students Flourish in STEM
Indigenous students may find that science education can be a discouraging experience. Science content often seems disconnected from their cultural beliefs, values, and heritage. The disconnection can create a sense of alienation, making it difficult for students to relate to or engage... Read More
Changing the Game: How Equity in Grading and Teaching Transformed My Classroom
My Journey to Growth-Based Grading Over more than two decades of teaching, I’ve come to understand that true education is about fostering each student’s growth—not by focusing on where they start, but on how far they progress relative to their starting point.... Read MoreAdditional Posts
A Practical Approximation for Math Teacher Education | April 22, 2025
Conceptualizations of Effective Approximations of Practice | March 18, 2025
Issue-Oriented Science for All: Using Real-World Problems to Support Student Learning and Increase Student Engagement | February 20, 2025
Supporting Teachers’ Asset-Based Orientations through Focal Students | January 22, 2025
Abolitionist Approaches to Transform STEM Classrooms to Equitable, Just, and Democratic Places of Learning Necessitates Disrupting the Center | December 9, 2024
Effective Practices for STEM Teacher Persistence through Community-Building | November 12, 2024
Recognizing the Significance and Consequentiality of the Moment in Transforming Classrooms to Equitable, Just, and Democratic Places of Learning | October 15, 2024
Meaningful Spaces: Using Read Alouds to Improve Teacher Candidates’ Engagement of Multilingual Learners | September 23, 2024
Know Thyself, STEM Teacher: Autoethnography as a First Step to Compassionate STEM Teaching | September 9, 2024
A Conversation with Kathleen Bergin | July 16, 2024
Science + Culture + Place = Social Justice | June 12, 2024
Professional Identity, Social Interaction, and Persistence in STEM Teaching within High-Need Urban Schools | May 15, 2024
Preparing Preservice Teachers to be Interdisciplinary Citizen Science Leaders in High-Need School Districts | March 6, 2024
Contending with the Unintended Consequences of History: Revisiting Brown v. Board of Education and the Need for Systemic Change in K-12 Education | February 6, 2024
Drip, Drip…Our STEM Teacher Education Programs are Leaking! | December 13, 2023
Teaching Out-of-the-(Zoom) Box: Outdoor, Informal, and Appropriate Technology Education for Recruitment, Retention, and Motivation of STEM Teachers | November 27, 2023
Developing and Sustaining Teacher Leaders | November 10, 2023
Teacher Professional Development Programs Integrating Science and Language with Multilingual Learners | October 3, 2023
The Rock Cycle as a Metaphor for Developing STEM Teacher Leaders | September 6, 2023
Positioning Universities to Recruit and Train STEM Teachers Who Stay in Rural Schools: A Collaborative Approach | August 9, 2023
Empowering Educators to Enact Equity Via Computational Thinking | July 12, 2023
Co-Constructing “Good Trouble:” Understanding and Supporting Teacher Practices for Rightful Presence in STEAM Classrooms | June 12, 2023
Technology in Teacher Education: Science, Society, and Students | March 21, 2023
What Image Comes to Your Mind When You Think of a “Doctor”? | February 15, 2023
Teaching the Teacher: Social Justice, Equity, and the Future of Science | January 18, 2023
Let’s Stop Saying that Math is the Universal Language | December 13, 2022
Productive Struggle: An Opportunity for In-Depth Mathematics Learning | November 9, 2022
Wherefore Art Thou, Physics Teacher? | October 19, 2022
Engineering Education for Autistic Children: Content, Pedagogy, and Assessment | September 19, 2022
Exploring Culturally Responsive Science Teaching Through Turbulence and Challenge: Starting a Multi-year Research Study During the Pandemic | August 9, 2022
Student-Centered Computing: Teaching Computer Science Using Culturally Authentic Practices | July 5, 2022
Elevating Voices, Catalyzing Change: A Partnership Approach to Supporting K-8 Mathematics Teacher Leaders | May 26, 2022
Lessons Learned from Running a Scholarship Program for Undergraduate Pre-Service STEM Teachers | April 26, 2022
Consider the Source(s): Supporting the Cultivation of Early Career STEM Teachers’ Self-Efficacy Beliefs | March 28, 2022
Using the T.R.U.T.H. Framework to Advance Inclusive and Equitable Pedagogy in Education | February 2, 2022
Prototyping the STEMM K-12 Teachers of 2042 – Is It Possible? | January 20, 2022
What Preservice Teachers and Teacher Educators Can Learn from Trajectories | December 8, 2021
Simulations as a Platform for Understanding and Improving Teachers’ Classroom Skills | November 3, 2021
Don’t Give Up on Algebra: Let’s Shift the Focus to Instruction | September 22, 2021
Seeing As to Become As: Professional Vision Evolution as Part of Teacher Leader Development | September 1, 2021
The Equitable Classroom: What’s the Mathematical Education of Teachers Got to Do with It? | August 11, 2021
Preparing Pre-service Teachers for Success in Linguistically Diverse Science Classrooms | June 2, 2021
Broadening the Equity Lens for STEM Teacher Education: The Invisibility of Disability | April 28, 2021
Centering Youth Lives in Science Teacher Education | April 13, 2021
Pushing the Boundaries of Practice-Based Teacher Education: How Can Online Simulated Classrooms Be Used Productively to Support STEM Teacher Learning? | March 30, 2021
Reimagining the STEM Education Pipeline for Teachers of Color | February 16, 2021
How Can STEM Disciplines and STEM Education Work in Concert to Address Systemic Racism and the COVID-19 Pandemic? Creating a New Normal for STEM Education | January 26, 2021
Seizing Opportunities in 2021: Building on What We Know | January 6, 2021
Assuming Brilliance in Boys of Color in Our STEM Education Classrooms | December 9, 2020
What Are Teachers Learning About the Science of Learning? | November 20, 2020
Program Evaluation Frameworks: Why Do They Matter? | November 4, 2020
How Can We Disrupt Ideologies Around Normalcy, Difference, and Identity that Dis/able Students in Mathematics Education? | October 14, 2020
How Do Teachers Learn to Work Against Oppressive Systems? | September 29, 2020
Supporting Newly Hired Science Teachers for Continuous Learning | September 8, 2020
How to Center Equity and Humanize the Process of Coming Back Together: A Focus on Joy and Justice in STEM Education | August 14, 2020
Growing STAR Teacher-Researchers | July 8, 2020
Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Learning About Equity: Methods and Early Results of Our Study | June 17, 2020
Unconscious Bias in the Classroom: How Cultural Stereotypes Affect Teachers’ Assessment of Students’ Math Abilities | May 27, 2020
How Can We Prepare Teachers to Embed a Virtuous Cycle of Self-Evaluation into Their Practice? | May 6, 2020
Is This “TRE” for Me? A Review of the Literature on Teacher Research Experiences and Impact on K-12 STEM Classrooms | April 6, 2020
What Do Preservice Science Teachers Understand about Principles of Effective Teaching for Diverse Learners? | February 26, 2020
Four Things You Need to Know about STEM and Education for 2020 | January 21, 2020
How Can Pre-service STEM Teachers Enact Project-Based Learning for Authentic Community Engagement? | December 30, 2019
STEM Professional Development That Works | November 13, 2019
How Can Elementary Teachers Improve Their Ability to Run Productive Science Discussions? | October 28, 2019
Opportunity to Learn Mathematics: Time, Task, & Talk | October 9, 2019
Preparing Our Next Generation of Science Teachers: What Should a Science Teacher Know and Be Able to Do? | September 25, 2019
Preparing New Teachers: How Collaboration Across Professional Associations Can Advance Technology Infusion | August 7, 2019
Bulldozing the STEM Silos in Omaha While Engaging P-12 Teachers and Building Campus STEM Excellence | March 25, 2019
Return on Investment: How do we know if we are preparing teachers who are ready for today’s classrooms? | January 25, 2019
Reflecting On Our Roots – Part Seventeen: Teachers for the 21st Century | September 13, 2018
