Teaching intersectionality: Pedagogical approaches for lasting impact

Pedagogical approaches for technology-integrated science teaching

The two separate projects described have examined how teachers exploit computer-based technologies in supporting learning of science at secondary level. This paper examines how pedagogical approaches associated with these technological tools are adapted to both the cognitive and structuring resources available in the classroom setting. Four teachers participated in the first study, undertaken a...

Comparing Pedagogical Approaches for Teaching the Control of Variables Strategy

In this study, an extension of Klahr and Nigam (2004), we tested 177 middle school students’ on their acquisition of the control of variables strategy (CVS) using an interactive virtual ramp environment. We compared the effectiveness of three pedagogical approaches, namely, direct instruction with reification, direct instruction without reification, and discovery learning, all of which were aut...

Teaching Undergraduates About LGBTQ Identities, Families, and Intersectionality: Teaching Undergraduates

Teaching undergraduate students about LGBTQ identities and family issues presents several challenges, or “opportunities,” which we address within personal, ecological, and historical contexts. We begin by articulating our positionality as scholars and instructors, and the feminist intersectional and queer lens that guides our research and pedagogy. We organize our presentation of contemporary t...

Pedagogical Approaches for Online Environments

Empirical Intersectionality: A Tale of Two Approaches