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What Are Teachers Learning About the Science of Learning?
Teaching is an applied science. Deans for Impact, the nonprofit organization I helped found, believes that all teachers should understand basic principles of learning science, and be able to use that knowledge to inform their instruction. For the past year, Deans for Impact has been working with six teacher-preparation programs to integrate learning science —... Read More
Program Evaluation Frameworks: Why Do They Matter?
The role of evaluation in National Science Foundation (NSF) projects has become critically important. Evaluation produces information that can be utilized to improve the project. Information on how different aspects of the project are working and the extent to which the goals and objectives are being met is essential to a continuous improvement process. Additionally,... Read More
How Can We Disrupt Ideologies Around Normalcy, Difference, and Identity that Dis/able Students in Mathematics Education?
Authors Yeh and Ellis invite you to listen to Emilia Frias, pictured above, who teaches 5th and 6th graders classified with moderate and severe disabilities. The Need to Disrupt Normalcy in Mathematics Education There is wide agreement that when mathematics curriculum and pedagogy value and build on students’ cultural identities and ways of knowing this... Read More
How Do Teachers Learn to Work Against Oppressive Systems?
Why are some teachers able to expand students’ access to STEM while others are not? Students from marginalized communities are systematically denied STEM learning opportunities, but some teachers manage to disrupt unjust policies and create more equitable learning environments. Schools are difficult places to make change (Little, 2003), so we wanted to better understand how... Read More
Supporting Newly Hired Science Teachers for Continuous Learning
Since the advent of national and state teaching standards (e.g., Council of Chief State School Officers, 2013; Georgia Professional Standards Commission, n.d.), teacher educators have been contemplating how to support teachers from their preservice program through their first years of teaching (Darling-Hammond, 2017). Well-developed programs that contribute to the successful transition of a newly hired... Read More
How to Center Equity and Humanize the Process of Coming Back Together: A Focus on Joy and Justice in STEM Education
Listen to Dr. Kirkland’s presentation at the Noyce Summit. It would be an understatement to say that we are living through life-changing and challenging times. We are facing multiple pandemics: the health crisis precipitated by COVID; the social crisis reignited by the murders of Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd; and the economic crisis... Read MoreAdditional Posts
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
