Learn about the Justice-Centered Ambitious Science Teaching framework and
practices teachers have developed to be responsive to students' cultures and
communities, recognize and build upon expansive forms of student meaning-making,
and committed to naming and disrupting injustice in society.
TAKEAWAYS:
Attendees will learn about teaching practices aimed at building a welcoming, joyful, and critical community, planning that is meaningful for youth and advocates for justice, elicits local stories and uses interpretive power, and nurtures revisions of scientific thinking with diverse and local expertise.
SPEAKERS:
April Luehmann (University of Rochester: Rochester, NY), Molly Wilson (Warner School: Springfield, MA), Priya Pugh , Todd Campbell (University of Connecticut: Storrs Mansfield, CT), James Kostka (Warner School: Springfield, MA), Katrina Robinson (Penfield High School: Penfield, NY), Christina Riccardo (IslandWood: Bainbridge Island, WA)