ERI Awards Five Mini Grants to UCI Researchers and Educators The ERI’s 2019-20 call for mini grants resulted in nearly 30 fantastic submissions from Schools across campus. The aim of these grants is to facilitate the development of outstanding research in higher education teaching and learning as well as the implementation of evidence-based activities and…Continue Reading Recruiting and Supporting Future Latinx Teachers
Negotiating Equity Priorities Within Systems Change: A Case Study of a District-Level Initiative to Implement K12 Computer Science Education
Associate Professor June Ahn co-authored an article in Computer Science and Engineering analyzing equitable computer science education. The title of the article is “Negotiating Equity Priorities Within Systems Change: A Case Study of a District-Level Initiative to Implement K12 Computer Science Education.” Additional authors are Rafi Santo (first author) and Leigh Ann DeLyser, both from CS for…Continue Reading Negotiating Equity Priorities Within Systems Change: A Case Study of a District-Level Initiative to Implement K12 Computer Science Education
Professors awarded Faculty Mentorship Awards for Inclusive Excellence
The UCI School of Education awarded Assistant Professor Brandy Gatlin-Nash and Professor Rossella Santagata Faculty Mentorship Awards for Inclusive Excellence. The award recognizes selected faculty for their mentorship and their significant impact in supporting the success of underrepresented minorities (URM) in the School’s academic programs and research mission. “Brandy and Rossella are fantastic mentors and…Continue Reading Professors awarded Faculty Mentorship Awards for Inclusive Excellence
Professors receive grant from UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence to advance equity in the age of COVID-19
The UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence awarded Associate Professor June Ahn (pictured left), Professor Rossella Santagata (pictured center), and Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio (pictured right) a grant to research opportunities to advance equity during the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant – Reimagining Educational Equity and Opportunity (REEO) during the COVID 19 Pandemic – will document and synthesize the nuanced approaches that different communities are taking to best support…Continue Reading Professors receive grant from UCI Office of Inclusive Excellence to advance equity in the age of COVID-19
Professor’s article among top 10 percent most downloaded papers of 2019
An article co-authored by Associate Professor Hosun Kang (left), Professor Sandra Simpkins (right) and their colleagues is one of the Science Education Journal’s top-10 percent most downloaded articles of 2019. The article – How do middle school girls of color develop STEM identities? Middle school girls’ participation in science activities and identification with STEM careers – explores ways to support girls of color…Continue Reading Professor’s article among top 10 percent most downloaded papers of 2019
How to improve mathematics, and how to collaborate when you’re apart – A detailed look at the School of Education’s research-practice partnership with Rea Elementary in Costa Mesa
How to improve mathematics, and how to collaborate when you’re apart – A detailed look at the School of Education’s research-practice partnership with Rea Elementary in Costa Mesa. By: Josy Gurino, Rossella Santagata, Jiwon Lee, Duane Cox, and John Drake Like many others around the world, we have moved our busy lives and our researchpractice…Continue Reading How to improve mathematics, and how to collaborate when you’re apart – A detailed look at the School of Education’s research-practice partnership with Rea Elementary in Costa Mesa
Hosun Kang received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in support of her research: “Expanding Latinxs’ Opportunities to Develop Complex Thinking in Secondary Science Classrooms through a Research-Practice Partnership.”
Assistant Professor Hosun Kang has received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in support of her research: “Expanding Latinxs’ Opportunities to Develop Complex Thinking in Secondary Science Classrooms through a Research-Practice Partnership.” NSF CAREER awards support early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the…Continue Reading Hosun Kang received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award in support of her research: “Expanding Latinxs’ Opportunities to Develop Complex Thinking in Secondary Science Classrooms through a Research-Practice Partnership.”