Elaine V. Howes teaches curriculum and instruction and educational foundations in the American Museum of Natural History’s Master of Arts in Teaching Earth Science Residency Program. She also works with residents and mentors in the program’s partner schools. Jamie Wallace, an educational researcher and evaluator at the American Museum of Natural History, works on the Master of Arts in Teaching Earth Science Residency Program research and evaluation team.
“If you are wondering what culturally responsive and sustaining education (CRSE) could look like in science classrooms, then you've grabbed the right book! The examples highlighted and unpacked in this book emerged from research undertaken by eight science teachers who set out to explore what CRSE could look like in science classrooms. From their pivotal research coupled with the book's organization, it is clear that culturally responsive and sustaining education is not just a list of strategies but a way of being that requires deliberate and intentional critical thought and action.” - Dr. Vanessa Dodo Seriki, Associate Professor of Science Education, Morgan State University “Culturally Responsive and Sustaining Science Teaching is a breath of fresh air—and a compelling ‘must-read’— for everybody interested in science education in today’s culturally complex world. Featuring the questions and reflections of a unique science teacher learning community in NYC, this incredibly thoughtful book reinvents what it means to teach science in today’s urban schools.” - Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith, Cawthorne Professor of Urban Teacher Education, Emerita, Boston College