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Who Is a Scientist?

Four-part series

The Scientist Stereotype: Beyond White Lab Coats and Laboratory Settings, Part 1

When asked to envision a scientist, people typically imagine someone in a white lab coat, working in a laboratory filled with science equipment and bubbling beakers. Continue Reading

The Scientist Stereotype:
Impact on Society, Part 2

The stereotype of a scientist in a white lab coat confined to a laboratory setting is a limiting and inaccurate representation of the scientific profession. Continue Reading

The Scientist Stereotype: Demystifying the Perception, Part 3

Seeing scientists who look like them and come from similar backgrounds can inspire and motivate the next generation of scientists. Continue Reading

The Scientist Stereotype: Meet the Perception Busters, Part 4

Stereotypes can negatively influence young people’s career aspirations. As perception busters of the scientist stereotype, educators are among the positive influencers children look up to. Continue Reading

Justice-Centered STEM Education

Four-part series

A New Learning Experience, Part 1

Does social justice have a place in the science classroom? My argument laid out in the article “Transforming STEM by Focusing on Justice” in the April issue of Educational Leadership says it does. Continue Reading

The 4 Principles in Our Framework, Part 2

The framework for justice-centered STEM education incorporates four interrelated principles as a guide for teachers to engage students in learning STEM subjects and using that learning to positively impact society. Continue Reading

Bringing Multilingual Learners into the Equation, Part 3

Justice-centered STEM education could be especially powerful for K-12 STEM students from minoritized groups who haven’t traditionally seen their lives, families, or communities reflected in STEM subjects. Continue Reading

A Place for COVID-19 in the Classroom, Part 4

The case study of COVID-19* is ideal for students to learn why and how the pandemic exposed a multitude of injustices. Every K-12 student can relate to the challenges the pandemic forced on families, cities, and countries. Continue Reading

How to Make a Difference in STEM Equity

Three-part series

How to Make a Difference in STEM Equity, Part 1

Let’s face it. Most of us in education research have a difficult time seeing how we can influence national policy, especially when it comes to strategies that embrace equity in the STEM classroom. Continue Reading

How to Make a Difference in STEM Equity, Part 2

I want to encourage science educators to have a long-term view and commitment to their passion while being open to leveraging changes and challenges as new opportunities. Continue Reading

How to Make a Difference in STEM Equity, Part 3

In South Korea, there is a saying: Every decade, the world changes. Over the last 10 years, change touched everyone. We saw advances in technology and artificial intelligence in our daily lives. Continue Reading

STEM education with equity and justice: What this means to me

It’s dear to my heart to advance equity and justice in STEM education. Inequities in STEM education affect students of color, students living in poverty, students with special needs, and multilingual learners, like me. Continue Reading

Taking action: What are you doing for STEM education?

“STEM education with equity and justice is at the center of public policy.” I invite you to visit my website, where I recently added this quote as an act of provocation. Let me know if it’s working. Continue Reading

Count me among the nation’s STEM English learners

I was just shy of turning 25 when my Korean Air flight touched down in the U.S.—and I was terrified of being a foreigner in a new land. Continue Reading

Student Success Depends on Building Consensus Among Research, Policy, and Practice

Research and policy are only good when they are put into practice and promote positive outcomes for students. Continue Reading

We’ve come a long way from ‘limited English proficient students’

How far along are we as educators in aligning English language development standards with content standards? Continue Reading

An Asian-American Woman Leans In

For the first time recently, I wore an outfit from my late mother that she sent some 30 years ago – from South Korea with love. Continue Reading

Give science educators a seat at the national policy table

Science education over the last decade has seen the most significant overhaul since the scientific method was introduced more than a century ago. Continue Reading