About Me
Emily Diane Sprowls
I'm a Faculty Lecturer in Science Education at McGill University. I'm also a doctoral candidate in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. My research interests span the following areas:
Science education / Science teacher education
Ecojustice education / Environmental & Sustainability Education (ESE)
Student-led, collaborative learning
Citizen science
Teaching
Teacher Education, McGill Faculty of Education:
Elementary School Science: EDEE 270/273
Secondary School Science Teaching Methods: EDTL 626 / EDES 435
Environmental & Sustainability Education: EDEC 525
K-12 Education (2000-2018)
Secondary Science, Harmony School, Indiana, USA
Elementary Science, WonderCamps, Indiana, USA
Secondary Science, Hopkins School, Connecticut, USA
Environmental Education, Waquoit Bay Estuarine Research Reserve / Ocean Quest, Massachusetts, USA
Projects & Collaborations
STEAM Squad - After school club for youth-led inquiry with McGill student volunteers in collaboration with graduate co-supervisor Dr. Allison Gonsalves. See the 2023 youth projects.
Education Community Garden
Leadership & Learning for Sustainability - Research group of graduate co-supervisor Dr. Blane Harvey
Sustainability Education Fellowship
Micro Water Rangers - Citizen science initiative to monitor antibiotic resistance and water quality in collaboration with Dr. David Kysela and the Brun Lab
National School Reform Faculty - Professional learning community and Critical Friends Group coaching
Publications
Research outputs
Sprowls, E. D. (2023, August 19). Learning for Ecojustice with Heads, Hearts, and Hands: Reflections on transformative sustainability learning at a summer institute for science educators. Leadership and Learning for Sustainability Blog. https://www.learn2sustain.ca/latest/64e087710764ad27db77a604
Gilbert, L., Perry, G., Sprowls, E.D., Brun, Y. (2022, June 22). Ripple Effect Episode 4: Les Scientifines. Water Rangers Blog. https://waterrangers.ca/2022/06/22/ripple-effect-episode-4-les-scientifines/
Sprowls, E. D. (2022, October 5). In times of climate crisis, what are the challenges for environmental and sustainability education research? Leadership and Learning for Sustainability Blog. https://learn2sustain.ca/latest/633d96510764ad27db77608e
Harvey, B., Sprowls, E. D., Huang, Y.-S. (2020). School-community gardens plant the seeds of change to address global warming. The Conversation.
Sprowls, E.D. (2017). Shark Bait; Gulpers of the Gulf. Teacher at Sea Blog, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sprowls, E.D. (2017). Promoting academic collaboration in Mexico using Critical Friends Group protocols. Connections, National School Reform Faculty, Bloomington IN, USA.
Academic publications
Sprowls, E. D. (2022). Bridging Boundaries Between ESE and Science Education Research and Practice through Collaborative Learning for Climate Justice. In Challenges for environmental and sustainability education research in times of climate crisis (pp. 133–136). Universiteit Gent. https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8768733/file/8768735.pdf
Gonsalves, A. J., Sprowls, E. D., & Wiseman, D. (2021). Teaching Novice Science Teachers Online: Considerations for Practice-Based Pedagogy. LEARNing Landscapes, 14(1), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.36510/learnland.v14i1.1049
Gonsalves. A., Calvacante, A., Sprowls, E. D., Iacono, H. (2021) “Anybody can do science, if they’re brave enough”: Understanding the role of science capital in science majors’ identity trajectories into and through post-secondary science. Journal of Research Science in Teaching. https://doi.org/10.1002/tea.21695
Sprowls, E. D. (2020). Collaborative learning tools to foster inclusive participation and sense of belonging in a microbiology outreach partnership. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 21(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v21i1.2079
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Have a great resource we should add? Or a question? Please reach out through the links below, or visit me in the garden or in room #324 in the Education Building, McGill University, 3700 McTavish, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.