Scholar. Educator. Scientist.
Welcome!
Dr. Symone A. Gyles
I am an Assistant Professor of Science Education in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine.
I specialize in community-based and culturally-responsive science pedagogy and curriculum design using co-design methods and community-engaged research. Generally, my research commits to re-designing and re-imagining K-12 science education and curriculum as a space that engages students’ home, community and cultural knowledge, experiences and values as assets in science learning.
Specifically my research focuses on:
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Investigating the intersections of community-based science, environmental justice and social justice to promote equitable science teaching and learning
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The process of creating and impact of designed curriculum and pedagogies that utilize lenses of culture, power, and justice
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Re-designing and re-imagining K-12 science learning as a space that engages students’ home, community and cultural knowledge, experiences and values as assets
