Sara Tolbert
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Sara Tolbert is an American–New Zealand academic, and is a Professor of Science and Environmental Education at the University of Canterbury, specialising in research to facilitate environmental education, including citizen science and science education pedagogy.
Academic career
[edit | edit source]Tolbert taught science and English as a second language in the USA, Mexico, Guatemala and New Zealand, before moving into academia.[1][2] Tolbert has a bachelor's degree in environmental studies from the University of Colorado Boulder, a master's degree from the University of Georgia, and a PhD in science education from the University of California Santa Cruz. Her thesis was titled Teaching the content in context: Preparing "highly qualified" and "high quality" teachers for instruction in underserved secondary science classrooms.[3] She worked as an assistant and then associate professor at the University of Arizona, receiving a National Academy of Education Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2015.[2][4] Tolbert's postdoctoral research was focused on facilitating social justice education for minoritized students and teachers.[2]
Tolbert joined the faculty of the University of Canterbury, rising to full professor in 2024.[5] She is Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Education.[1] Tolbert was part of a research team that won the 2022 Advancing Sustainability Knowledge Award at Canterbury, recognising work "in developing an innovative course helping trainee teachers create and contribute knowledge for a better society".[6] Her research covers topics such as citizen science, destreaming in mathematics education, and science education pedagogy. With Professor Diane Mollenkopf, Tolbert is co-leader of the Ōtautahi Food Justice Research Collaborative, and with Professor Ben Kennedy she co-directs Canterbury's Learning for Earth Futures research cluster.[1]
Selected works
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References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- STEM Education as a Social Movement, Plenary talk by Sara Tolbert at EpiSTEME, August 2022, via YouTube
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