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Renee Bayer, MHSA
Associate Director for Engagement
CREATE for STEM Institute
Michigan State University
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Subject: [dber][stem-alliance] Re: Fwd: Seminar Science Series Lecture - Dr. Philip Bell

On 11/12/15 4:51 PM, Christina Schwarz wrote:
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CREATE Science Seminar Series:
Exploring Models of Hope and Possibility in the Midst of Standards-Based Implementation Projects Working at the District Scale



Philip Bell

University of Washington


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At a time when national-level educational standards are being implemented at broad scale, what are productive research-based models of promoting educational equity and social justice? In this presentation, I will describe design-based research efforts trying to leverage—and further develop—cultural and cognitive accounts of how and why people learn across settings (Bell et al., 2012) as a way of focusing work associated with systems-level educational improvement. The research-practice partnerships discussed engage in collaborative inquiry and co-design around emergent problems of practice (Penuel et al., 2011)—as it relates to implementing the new vision in the NRC Framework for K-12 Science Education and Next Generation Science Standards. Research and development is focused on how to: (a) architect and operate mutually-beneficial, equity-focused partnerships between researchers and educators, (b) promote agency for teacher leadership and contribution, (c) support expansive learning opportunities for youth in STEM (Gutiérrez & Jurow, 2014), (d) cultivate axiological innovation in the implementation work (Bang et al., 2015), and (e) develop professional learning resources to broadly support equity-focused educational implementation of the new vision.

 

Background resources:

http://researchandpractice.org/  (how research can work WITH practice)

http://sciencemathpartnerships.org/  (equity-focused STEM R&D projects)

http://STEMteachingtools.org/  (tools for educators)

http://learnDBIR.org/  (about design-based implementation research)

 

References:

Bang, M., Faber, L., Gurneau, J., Marin, A., & Soto, C. (2015). Community-Based Design Research: Learning Across Generations and Strategic Transformations of Institutional Relations Toward Axiological Innovations. Mind, Culture and Activity. doi:10.1080/10749039.2015.1087572

 

Bell, P., Tzou, C., Bricker, L. A., & Baines, A. D. (2012). Learning in diversities of structures of social practice: Accounting for how, why and where people learn science. Human Development, 55(5-6), 269-284. doi:10.1159/000345315

 

Gutiérrez, K. D., & Jurow, S. (2014, June). Designing for possible futures: The potential of social design experiments. Paper presented at the 11th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, Boulder, CO.

 

Penuel, W. R., Fishman, B. J., Cheng, B. H., & Sabelli, N. (2011). Organizing Research and Development at the Intersection of Learning, Implementation, and Design. Educational Researcher, 40(7), 331-337. 




Wednesday, November 18, 2015


12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.


Room 252 Erickson Hall


A light lunch will be served at 11:45 am. Please RSVP by Monday 16, to Olga Lami-Schimizzi [log in to unmask] so that we can be sure to order enough food. 

  This presentation is followed by a one-hour discussion with graduate students and post-docs in 115 Erickson at 1:15 p.m.


If you are interested in meeting with Dr. Bell, please message Christina Schwarz  ([log in to unmask]).  The meeting would be in the CREATE Conference Room (115 Erickson). 

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-- 
Christina Schwarz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Science Education
Michigan State University, College of Education
Department of Teacher Education, Erickson Hall
620 Farm Lane, Room 349
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 432-4851
Professional Page: 
http://schwarz.wiki.educ.msu.edu/
PI NSF Noticing and Responding to Students' Sensemaking Project
Co-PI NSF Scientific Practices Project
Co-PI NSF Head Start on Science Project
Co-PI NSF Modeling Hydrologic Systems in Elementary Science Project
Co-PI CREATE for STEM Project Developing Tools to Elicit and Analyze 
	Scientific Modeling Practices in Groups of Undergraduate Biology Students




-- 
Christina Schwarz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Science Education
Michigan State University, College of Education
Department of Teacher Education, Erickson Hall
620 Farm Lane, Room 349
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 432-4851
Professional Page: 
http://schwarz.wiki.educ.msu.edu/
PI NSF Noticing and Responding to Students' Sensemaking Project
Co-PI NSF Scientific Practices Project
Co-PI NSF Head Start on Science Project
Co-PI NSF Modeling Hydrologic Systems in Elementary Science Project
Co-PI CREATE for STEM Project Developing Tools to Elicit and Analyze 
	Scientific Modeling Practices in Groups of Undergraduate Biology Students