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EDUCATION
Ph.D. | Science Education ā Curriculum & Instruction | Florida State University |
M.Ed. | Early Childhood Education | University of Florida |
B.A. | Special Education | University of Florida |
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AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Science Teaching & Learning
Relationships Among Cognition, Emotion, and Identity in Science
Scientist/Engineer and K-12 Teacher Partnerships
Critical Scholarship in K-12 Science Teacher Education
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CURRENT RESEARCH AND GRANT PROJECTS
- Developing Lasting Teacher-Researcher Science Partnerships through RET Programs
- Science Teacher as Listener: Understanding, Valuing, and Leveraging the Brilliance of Student Ideas
- Infusing Tenets of Culturally Responsive Pedagogy into Elementary Science Teaching
- Rural Water Education Partnership for Place-Based STEM Learning Out-of-School Programs.
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HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS
Davidson, S. G., Jaber, L.Z., Metcalf, A. (2024). Learning to listen: Cultivating pre-service teachersā attunement and responsiveness to student thinking. Journal of Science Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/1046560X.2024.2302694
Jaber, L.Z., Davidson, S. G., Metcalf, A. (2023). āI loved seeing how their brains worked!āā Examining the role of epistemic empathy in responsive teaching. Journal of Teacher Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871231187313
Hughes, R., Davidson, S. G., Johnson, K. (2023). Meta-mentoring: Mentorsā reflections on mentoring. Journal for STEM Education Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41979-023-00104-x
Davidson, S. G., Jaber, L. Z., Southerland, S. A. (2022). Cultivating science teachersā understandings of science as a discipline. Science & Education, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11191-021-00276-1
Davidson, S. G., Jaber, L. Z., Southerland, S. A. (2020). Emotions in the doing of science: Exploring epistemic affect in elementary teachersā science research experiences. Science Education, 104 (6), 1008-1040. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21596