I am currently a science instructor at the University of Manitoba, where I teach science curriculum and pedagogy courses in the undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs. My transdisciplinary research engages with K-12 teachers and school leaders to explore their perspectives regarding students’ cultural diversity and culturally responsive education, and strives to invite socially and ecologically just, (trans-multi)culturally responsive educational understandings.
I am an Assistant Professor of Education at Crandall University, where I teach Science Education, Educational Foundations, and Diversity and Multiculturalism. My research focuses on educational programs/methods that redress issues that marginalized youth encounter in schooling with an emphasis on science subjects and informal science programs.
I am a Lecturer at the University of Alberta. My research interests include the role of Procedural Knowledge (especially Concepts of Evidence) in science teaching and indigenous science; the role of gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status on the understanding of Procedural Knowledge; the decolonization of Concepts of Evidence; approaches to evidence in watershed management; equity, diversity, and inclusion in science education; and sustainability and environmental education.
I am a PhD candidate at UBC-Okanagan where my research explores how secondary students understand their classroom experiences to support their identities in STEM. As well, I’m involved in a few other research projects focussed on exploring inclusive classroom practices that support identity and belonging in STEM. I’m also a former secondary math, science, and biology educator.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at Brandon University, where I teach science and mathematics education courses. I’ve really enjoyed working with the SERG executive in the past and look forward to these new challenges. My research focuses on engaging science teachers with their beliefs about science, teacher advocacy, and knowing in science education.
Colleen Knechtel is an Ed.D. Candidate at the University of Alberta researching teaching and learning practices for equitable access to post-secondary education.
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy at Brandon University, where I teach science and mathematics education courses. I’ve really enjoyed working with the SERG executive in the past and look forward to these new challenges. My research focuses on engaging science teachers with their beliefs about science, teacher advocacy, and knowing in science education.
Colleen Knechtel is an Ed.D. Candidate at the University of Alberta researching teaching and learning practices for equitable access to post-secondary education.