Please join us at 2 p.m. in the Seminar space to support Selin as she defends her dissertation. All are welcome.
Title: Developing Teacher Identity in Elementary Science: The Interaction between Student Sensemaking and Teacher Identity
Please join the Health In Our Hands team and partners from Flint/Genesee schools to hear the results of their external evaluation, celebrate accomplishments, make plans for next year, and discuss lessons learned.
Breakfast is included! 8:45am breakfast; 9:00-10:15am program.
The location is the Genesee ISD Motivation Room, Room 119, 2413 Maple Rd. in Flint.
Please register at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xZTInceiCJa4E-dpHvnU9K57L0WKHA-O_8NWT349AtI/edit
Please join us on Friday, 7/12, at 9 am for Tingting Li's dissertation presentation and defense. We will gather in the large conference room in CREATE. We would love to see you in person! A Zoom option is being offered for virtual participation:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://msu.zoom.us/j/9507436903?omn=94953953451
We hope to see you Friday, either in person or on Zoom.
Dr. Clausell Mathis is an assistant professor at Michigan State University with a joint appointment in Lyman Briggs College and the Department of Teacher Education. He teaches physics and the senior capstone course at Lyman Briggs College. His research incorporates culture-based equitable approaches in the classroom, leveraging students' cultural resources to connect with physics phenomena. Dr. Mathis earned his Ph.D.
Christina Schwarz is a professor of teacher education at Michigan State University. She focuses on promoting equitable, inquiry-oriented, and constructivist learning environments from preschool through college. Her research involves collaborating with students and teachers to develop an understanding of and engagement in scientific practices such as scientific modeling. Schwarz also investigates beginniteachers'rs' noticing and responding practices to create equitable spaces for scientific sense-making.
People from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM have made, and continue to make, huge contributions that drive society forward. Sadly, many of these groundbreaking achievements haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve.
