Trish Stoddart

Trish Stoddart is professor emerita of education in the Department of Education at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is an expert in improving science teaching in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms, with extensive experience in instructional innovation and science education research. Stoddart has led several large federally funded projects, including the NSF-funded Effective Science Teaching for English Language Learners (ESTELL) project and the Local Systemic Initiative LASERS (Language Acquisition through Science Education for Rural Schools), which brought together seven school districts to enhance science teaching for English language learners in California's Central Valley. She also led the USDOE Federal Eisenhower Project CCTD (California Consortium for Teacher Development), a collaboration among 18 CSU and UC campuses focused on preparing pre-service teachers to work with diverse learners. She has authored over 70 journal articles and monographs on science education, teacher education, and educational policy and reform. Stoddart earned her PhD in education from the University of California, Berkeley.

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