Rose E. Honey, Ed.M.
Thursday November 15
I.00PM-2.00PM EST
Rose E. Honey, Ed.M., a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is part of an emerging field that is examining how Native American students learn and become engaged in science. A lack of Native Americans in the field of science initially prompted Ms. Honey to conduct a mixed methods study consisting of 150 Native American and white students living on the Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana. The study examines whether Native American students are intrinsically engaged in science when culture is incorporated into the lessons.
Ms. Honey will present her findings thus far and discuss the instructional implications of embedding culture with science to actively engage Native American students. Her aim is ultimately to encourage Native students to pursue careers in the fields of science and technology.