STEM Eduction Institute Tuesday Seminar
“Developing Diversity Sensitive Dispositions in Long Island Science Teachers”
S. Maxwell Hines
Secondary Science Education, Hofstra University
This presentation will focus on the efficacy of developing diversity sensitivity in science teachers, both in general and in situ. It will also include an examination of the history of and methods for moving teacher candidates, most of whom are culturally insular, toward a broader, more inclusive conception of the purpose of science education in the lives of an increasingly diverse student body. The importance of the creation of university-school-community partnerships and meaningful professional development for inservice science teachers in this process will be considered.