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

• Emberá Forestry Education Bacurú Drõa- Supporting the traditional knowledge of the Embera Indigneous people and forests of Panamá

• 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, 2023 after school program, 2024 after school program, and 2025 partnership with teachers.

• Education Community Garden - Outdoor learning space for growing edible and native plants at the McGill Faculty of Education 

• Leadership & Learning for Sustainability - Research group of  graduate co-supervisor Dr. Blane Harvey

• Sustainability Education Fellows - Fellowship that brings together faculty and students to advance sustainability in the curriculum and pedagogy at McGill (2022-2023 cohort)

• 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

Research outputs

Sprowls, E. D. (2025, July 4). Learning for Sustainability through Community Partnership Projects in McGill's Education & Environment Course. Leadership and Learning for Sustainability Blog.  https://learn2sustain.ca/latest/68680e320764ad27db780563

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