Year: 2020

Director of UCI’s CalTeach Program Doron Zinger (Ph.D. ‘18), Dr. Therese Shanahan, and CalTeach Master Teacher/Math Coordinator Kris Houston published an article on early career teacher resilience in Preparing STEM Teachers: The UTeach Replication Model. ​The title of the article is “Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience Through a CalTeach Preparation Program.” Zinger directs the UCI CalTeach program and teaches…Continue Reading “Promoting Early Career Teacher Resilience Through a CalTeach Preparation Program”

Assistant Professor Adriana Villavicencio (right) is first author of an article in Teaching and Teacher Education examining the role of teacher collaboration. ​The title of the article is “’You can’t close your door here:’ Leveraging teacher collaboration to improve outcomes for immigrant English Learners.” Co-authors are Reva Jaffe-Walter (Montclair State University) and Sarah Klevan (Learning Policy Institute). Villavicencio’s research…Continue Reading “’You can’t close your door here:’ Leveraging teacher collaboration to improve outcomes for immigrant English Learners”

Assistant Professor Adrianna Villavicencio (right) published a report in The Research Alliance for New York City Schools assessing two programs offered by the Center for Racial Justice in Education (CRJE) – Talking about Race, and Racial Justice in Schools. The title of the report is “Building Teacher Capacity to Interrupt Racism in Schools: Studying the Work of the Center for…Continue Reading “Building Teacher Capacity to Interrupt Racism in Schools: Studying the Work of the Center for Racial Justice in Education”

The Equation for Science Learning Associate Professor Hosun Kang Through an NSF CAREER grant, Associate Professor Hosun Kang is supporting students from historically marginalized communities in learning about science in a meaningful way. Despite decades of reform efforts and the use of experiential activities in science instruction, research indicates that science classroom learning for students…Continue Reading Assoc. Prof. Hosun Kang is supporting students from historically marginalized communities in learning about science

NSF Grant: Transfer to Teaching: Accelerated STEM Teacher Preparation from Community College to Credentialing. An interdisciplinary team of UCI faculty and staff led by School of Biological Sciences Associate Teaching Professor Jessica Pratt was recently awarded a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support STEM teacher preparation through UCI’s CalTeach program, where…Continue Reading New Grant Aims to Boost STEM Teacher Education in collaboration with UCI School of Biological Sciences, School of Education, School of Physical Sciences, and CALTEACH

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

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