2021 ISTS Fall Conference
Keynote Presentation

SciGirls: Effective Equitable Teaching Practices
in STEM Education Spaces

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Dr. Barbara Billington
Science Education Lecturer
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Dr. Barbara Billington is an instructor, researcher, and writer for SciGirls, a PBS project encouraging girls to get involved in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Her goal is to bring equitable teaching practices throughout the twin Cities metropolitan area and beyond. She has also assisted in the development of an app, which is designed to help students understand cellular respiration and photosynthesis. She currently teaches other educators student-centered, culturally relevant, gender-equitable, and inquiry based science with a critical feminist perspective.