Creating Culturally Responsive Noyce Explorers, Scholars and Teachers

Abstract

This research discusses the pedagogy, Culturally Responsive Teaching and its significant role in the Noyce project curriculum. Culturally Responsive Teaching has been incorporated into all three of the chief tiers of Noyce: Explorer; Scholar; and Teacher. This main progressive mechanism has successfully prepared and trained outstanding STEM teachers. Based on the summative and formative evaluations from the NSF Noyce Scholarship Phase I program, there were several significant results that demonstrated the success of the NEST project. The Noyce project faculty plans to continue to integrate Culturally Responsive Teaching into the second phase of the Noyce program.