Dr. Edna Tan, Hooks Distinguished Professor of STEM Education in UNC Greensboro’s Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education, has been named a Co-Editor of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST)
Backed by funding from the William T. Grant Foundation, Dr. Edna Tan, Hooks Distinguished Professor of STEM Education at the School of Education’s Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education at UNC Greensboro, will conduct research with her team into designing and studying new modes of empowering parental engagement in STEM teacher-parent partnerships.
The award recognizes Dr. Calabrese Barton and Dr. Tan for their work to reframe research on STEM teaching and teacher education and its implications for practice in both classrooms and communities.