STEM Education Rooted In An Integrative Theory of Learning

About RISE

Our approach integrates a holistic learning framework, featuring the RISE principles (Nasir et al., 2021), into a model for postdoctoral training that prepares the next generation of diverse STEM education researchers. The RISE principles hold that learning is:

Rooted

Rooted in basic biological and cognitive processes

Integrated

Integrated with socioemotional and identity development

Situated

Situated in and shaped by social and cultural contexts

Experienced

Experienced as embodied and socially coordinated

Program Overview

Focus

The program’s specific focus will center mathematics education and mathematical cognition through the gaze of the RISE principles.

Mentorship

The program will draw upon the expertise of our interdisciplinary group of scholar-mentors to nurture a cohort of junior researchers who are prepared both to push the frontiers of inclusive STEM education forward and to train successive generations of STEM researchers. Learn about Our Mentor Team.

Research & Education Training Plan

The program will support fellows in deepening their membership in scholarly communities of practice, using a research and education training plan that features five key components:

Individualized mentorship
Research apprenticeships on existing projects
Support for independent research according to fellows’ interests and guided by their primary mentor
Interdisciplinary training above and beyond mentored research. (e.g., coursework, workshop participation, and explicit training in STEM public service learning Opens in a new window )
Development of professional competencies such as publishing, grant writing, and navigating the job market