Wearing All the Hats: An Introspective Perspective of Interdisciplinarity

In the fall of 2017, I found myself in a familiar space:  a professional development for science teachers. As a  high school physics teacher for 6 years, I attended many similar workshops, but this time was different. I bid farewell to my classroom the previous spring and started a Ph.D. program in Learning Sciences.

Rather than attending as a participant, I was instead one of the researchers hosting the workshop. I had a new hat to grow into, but my teacher hat didn’t just disappear.

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Laura Zeller

Laura Zeller

Laura Zeller is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is a member of the International Learning Science Student Association steering committee (2021-2022) for the International Society of the Learning Sciences. Her dissertation research focuses on how science classroom patterns of practice are sustained by systemic, multi-leveled supports. You can contact her by email or on Twitter (@physicsedu2).