The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

NSF
NSF
  • Home
  • The Program
    • NSF Noyce Program Directors
    • NSF Noyce Program Solicitation
    • Consider Becoming an NSF Noyce Principal Investigator
    • Become a Noyce Scholar or Teacher Leader
      • Noyce Scholar Profiles
      • Noyce Alumni Profiles
    • Voices From the Field Videos
  • Project Locator
    • Select from Map
    • Advanced Search
    • Submit Information
  • In the News
    • In the News
  • Meetings
    • 2022 Noyce Summit
    • 2021 Noyce Summer Events
    • 2020 Virtual Noyce Summit
    • Archived Noyce Summit Materials
    • Noyce Regional Meetings
  • Resources
    • Noyce Track 4 Research Book
    • Proposal Preparation Toolkit
    • Noyce Project Videos
    • Noyce Summit Abstract Catalogs
    • Reports
    • Toolkits
    • ARISE Research Community
  • Contact

Meeting the Challenges of a Pandemic: Teaching Secondary Science

  • Year 2022
  • NSF Noyce Award # 1660557
  • First Name Dennis
  • Last Name Sunal
  • Discipline Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Physics
  • Co-PI(s)

    Cynthia Sunal

  • Presenters

    Dennis Sunal, Cynthia Sunal and Hakim Hawkins, Nathan McDonald (LIST Fellows), University of Alabama

Need

Responding to classroom student needs during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020-2022 Noyce fellows highlight virtual science teaching strategies utilized. The Developing Leaders in Science Teaching (LIST) Noyce Track 2 program’s aim is to fast-track participants in a strong clinically-based certification and intensive induction program with an emphasis on developing skills in engaging diverse students plus moving its teachers from mentored novices to teacher leaders in the education community.

Goals

The data gathered from LIST fellows focused on the question, “How did secondary science teachers’ instructional methods change for diverse instruction due to the pandemic?”

Approach

Data were collected from fifteen secondary science teachers using self-recorded video presentations, think-tank conversations, and an open-ended Qualtrics survey asking participants to describe their teaching experiences. These teachers were tasked with virtual teaching, face-to-face teaching, and sometimes hybrid instruction to meet the needs of remote students in light of the limitations and safety protocols due to Covid-19. They reviewed and adopted a variety of established products and strategies such as Nearpod, Labster, Flipgrid, flipped classroom, and just-in-time teaching for example.

Outcomes

Findings from this research study demonstrated the value (necessity) of collaboration and networking during this transitional time in the teaching field. Working with professional learning communities and cooperating/mentor teachers, the LIST fellows moved beyond thinking from a single face-to-face format to a mixed instructional approach or a wholly digital mindset. The impact was the implementation of a transformative pedagogy to keep secondary science students engaged. In conclusion, the collaboration and networking between this cohort of secondary science teachers elicited beneficial changes to instructional methods for shifts to remote instruction, hybrid teaching, virtual labs, & digital literacy.

Broader Impacts

With a focus on developing skills in engaging diverse students the broader impact was on moving the LIST program’s teachers (fellows) from mentored novices to teacher leaders in the education community.

What’s New

  • 2022 Noyce Summit
  • Noyce by the Numbers: 20 Years of Noyce
  • Proposal Preparation Webinars
  • Frequently Asked Questions for the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
  • Become a Noyce Scholar or Teacher Leader
  • Consider Becoming an NSF Noyce Principal Investigator
  • Noyce Alumni: Where Are They Now?

Check out our ARISE website for research & opportunities!

Checking In

NSF

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant Numbers DUE-2041597 and DUE-1548986. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

AAAS

The World's Largest General Scientific Society

  • About Noyce Program
  • AAAS ISEED
  • Subscribe to ARISE
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
© 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science