Disrupting the status quo: Exploring prospective teachers’ teaching approaches across the university and classroom contexts
April 2022
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
The work of teaching is complex. In this study, we focused on one aspect of teaching elementary prospective teachers enacted within the university and classroom contexts. We analyzed data to understand if PTs actualized student-centered or teacher-centered approaches and how these decisions stayed the same or shifted across contexts. Results highlight how delicate the development of teacher identity is and the critical importance of intentional school-based placements.
Engaging elementary and secondary preservice and inservice science teachers in crosscutting concepts: Strategies across multiple institutions
January 2022
Association of Science Teacher Education International Conference, Greensville, SC
Participants will engage in strategies for supporting K-12 preservice and inservice elementary and secondary science teachers with the Crosscutting Concepts (CCCs), guided by experienced teacher educators from eleven institutions across the country. Participants will be supported to discuss the adaptation of activities for different contexts.
Moon phases…Where did they go? Dissecting the NGSS progression of Earth’s place in the universe in the elementary and middle grades
March 2020
National Science Teaching Association National Conference (Conference canceled), Boston, MA
This session will highlight phenomena to drive lessons in elementary and middle school classrooms from memorization to scientific inquiry.