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Planet Classroom's Net Zero Features Tina Grotzer

February 01, 2023

Recently, Climate Activist Michele Whiting interviewed Tina Grotzer for Planet Classroom's new series, "Net Zero Speaks" about educating for the transition to Net Zero, making approaches to climate education more inclusive, as well as shifting mindsets...

Times of India Article on Helping Children Balance Climate Hope and Despair

January 28, 2023

Tina Grotzer spoke to Srijana Mitra Das for the Times Evoke section of the Times of India to discuss how to help students to navigate between hope and despair during a time of climate change. Read more at The Times of India article.

Presenting on Learner Agency and Green Jobs at The Future of Work: A Superintendents’ Convening

December 19, 2022

Tina Grotzer had the opportunity to share ideas and research from the lab at the Museum of Science in Boston’s inaugural gathering of education and industry leaders. Read more here.

Annual International Conference of the Association of Science Education in Taiwan Keynote Address on Educating for the Planet

December 10, 2022

Research from the Cognition in a Complex World Lab was featured in a Keynote Address by Dr. Tina Grotzer to the Annual International Conference of the Association of Science Education in Taiwan. The talk focused on shifts in thinking that are necessary...

UNESCO Chapter and Follow Up Discussion on International Science and Evidence-Based Assessment

March 21, 2022

There will be a discussion related to a recent publication that Tina Grotzer collaborated on with a diverse set of colleagues for UNESCO focused on International Science and Evidence-Based Assessment that resulted in a chapter (2022) entitled,...

Maleka Donaldson joins Smith College Faculty and publishes her book!

May 26, 2021

CLiC lab alum, Maleka Donaldson joined the Smith College Faculty in Fall 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Education and Child Study. Her book from her dissertation work, "From Oops to Aha: Portraits of Learning from Mistakes in Kindergarten" came out in...

"The Awe is in the Process..." by Megan Cuzzolino in Science Education

May 26, 2021

Megan Cuzzolino's dissertation research has been published in Science Education in an article entitled, "The Awe is in the Process: The Nature and Impact of Professional Scientists' Experiences of Awe." Here is a link to more information: https:/...

EcoXPT Curriculum is Available!

March 22, 2020

Thank you to the many teachers who tested our EcoXPT Curriculum. The curriculum is available for free download and classroom use. EcoXPT uses a virtual world to teach the causal dynamics of ecosystems and to help students learn the forms of...

Publication on "Action at an Attentional Distance" Reasoning in Kindergartners

November 06, 2019

Our paper, “There Must Be a Cat Nearby”: Kindergarteners’ Reasoning about Action at an Attentional Distance by S. Lynneth Solis, Tina A. Grotzer & Kaley N. Curtis is now published on line in the Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 9(2)...

S. Lynneth Solis Selected for AERA Dissertation Award in Early Education/Child Development

February 12, 2019

S. Lynneth Solis has been selected to receive the AERA Dissertation Award in Early Education/Child Development for her dissertation entitled, "Sociocultural Context of Play: Experiences of Indigenous Children in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia"...

NOVA Blog Post Citing Megan's Work on Awe in Science

May 30, 2017

Megan Cuzzolino's dissertation work on the nature of awe in science was the subject of a recent blog posting on the WGBH site.

Read Megan Cuzzolino's Blog Post

January 28, 2017

Read Megan Cuzzolino's blog post on the Sinai and Synapses website entitled "It's Time to Zoom Out." It is part of their Sinai and Synapses Discussion Forum, a collection of perspectives on specific topics. It is part of our Fall 2016 series, “ When...