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Faculty member: Kathryn Hayes

 

Discipline: Educational Leadership, Science Education

 

Faculty research focus:

Dr. Kathryn Hayes is an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and also serves as a PI for the Science Partnership, a partnership between CSUEB and the Alameda County Office of Education (). Current projects of the Science Partnership include the Elementary Science Partnership and Science Communities of Practice Partnership, both funded by the National Science Foundation. For these projects, Dr. Hayes leads the research regarding teacher learning, organizational capacity, leadership development and program sustainability.

 

Research project:

This project studies the implementation of professional development for elementary science teachers that takes a systems approach to improving science instruction in ways that make it sustainable. The project examines evidence of the ways the professional development model supports improvement in science teaching, tests the ways that teacher ownership and organizational conditions mediate instructional change, and will develop tools for facilitating the teacher learning and the accompanying capacity building.

 

Student-research expectations and responsibilities:

We are seeking undergraduate research assistants to help with research-related activities of the ESP Project. The research assistants will be working closely with the ESP research team consisting of faculty and postdoctoral researchers. Previous coursework and/or experience in research methodology and/or science education courses is not required. 

 

  • 3-5 hours per week working on the project
  • Data collection and organization (e.g., filing and recording of data files)
  • Conducting literature reviews using the University library databases
  • Transcribing video and/or audio recordings
  • Coding classroom videos
  • Other general office work related tasks

 

Contact: For more information or to request an application, please contact Sarah Williams, Science Partnership Administrative Coordinator: sarah.williams@csueastbay.edu