I study classroom environments that promote equitable teaching in the age of NGSS. I attend to student discourse, teacher learning, and issues of leadership, scale, sharing, and networks.
Teaching
courses taught
EDUA 5015 - Envisioning Equitable Teaching and Learning in Science
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2021
Engages teachers in activities that help them better understand the vision for equitable teaching and learning presented in A Framework for K-12 Science Education. It invites teachers to critically reflect on their own goals for science learning in light of the framework and consider how to both co-construct and communicate learning goals with students.
EDUA 5016 - Designing Meaningful and Equitable Science Assessments
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2021
Engages teachers in the principled design of three different kinds of science assessments: extended performance tasks to be used to assess knowledge transfer; assessments of student interest that can be used to select phenomena and design challenges for both teaching and assessment; and exit tickets that can be used to gauge student experience and participation.
