Volume 4, Issue 1

January 2025

Dear TERC friend,

Happy New Year and thank you for being a part of our STEM education community. In our first newsletter of 2025, we’re excited to share some of our most recent publications, updates, and professional development opportunities with you. This year promises to bring more of the STEM research, materials, and PD that TERC specializes in so please check your preferences to make sure that you’re receiving everything we have to offer. 

Warm regards,

TERC

Publications

An Introduction to Qualitative Meta-Synthesis: A Method for Equity-Minded Researchers

Maria Ong, Nuria Jaumot-Pascual, Lisette Torres-Gerald, Christina Silva and Audrey Martinez-Gudapakkam

Content Areas: Research/Evaluation, Professional Development

In this downloadable user guide, researchers from TERC’s Institute for Meta-Synthesis offer step-by-step guidance for building knowledge and skills in qualitative meta-synthesis methods. Topics in this FREE user guide (221 pages) include: 

Using Student Reflections to Inform Your Small Groups

Authors: Annie Sussman and Marta Garcia

Content Areas: Professional Development, Math

Opportunities

Climate and Equity Education:

A Summer Institute for Learning and Teaching

TERC, in partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, invites high school teachers to apply for a one-week, all-expenses-paid intensive on the beautiful coast of Maine.

Sun July 20 - Sat July 26, 2025
Application deadline: March 3rd, 2025

Teachers will:

• explore the inequitable impacts of climate change
• be inspired by sharing best practices for teaching climate equity
• build community
• explore some science
• enjoy the tranquility of Maine woods and seashore
• leave with a renewed sense of hope and purpose about making a difference!

“The institute was one of the most meaningful professional development experiences of my career. The schedule was expertly thought out, providing a wonderful balance of useful pedagogy, productive dialogue, and effective facilitation alongside time for mental health.”

Summer TERC Scholars Program: STEM Education Research through a Social Justice Lens 

A Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU)

Conduct an independent STEM education research project this summer with TERC! Each project will have a particular focus on fostering equity in STEM and STEM education and enhancing transformative social justice.

Application deadline: January 13, 2025

Upcoming Speaker Series: Elements of Equitable Math Learning Communities

This Speaker Series focuses on four areas that are critical to developing and sustaining equitable mathematics classrooms in the elementary grades.  Speakers include Forum colleagues and nationally known educators and researchers whose work pertains to equity in mathematics education. 

Register for the series.

Mathematizing the World: Building Strong Connections with Students and Their Families/Communities to Learn Mathematics in and out of School

Dr. Julia Aguirre

January 28, 2025
7:00-8:00 EST

Learn more and register here.