Practice Briefs

Morrison, D. L., Fowler, K., & Bell, P. (2024). What is Climate Justice Learning?. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools. Retrieve from https://stemteachingtools.org/brief/97.


Charnley, J., Olson, J., Morrison, D. L., & Norris, J. (2023). Think globally, act locally: Promote the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through community-centered learning. STEM Teaching Tool Brief #93. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Morrison, D. L., Bell, P., & Lakhani, H. (2023). Systematically Noticing and Responding to Learning through Practical Measures. STEM Teaching Tools Brief #94. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Norris, J., Slie, N., & Morrison, D. L. (2023). Using theatrical performance to promote climate justice, January, Climate Education Tool #6. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Braaten, m., Foster, D., Foster, J., Han, R. J., Scipio, D., Suarez, E., Morrison, D. L. & Bell, P. (2022). How do race and racism connect with science learning in early childhood and elementary classrooms? February, STEM Teaching Tools Brief 86. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Morrison, D. L., & Bell, P. (2022). Centering environmental and climate justice in education. February, Climate Education Tool #1. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Norris, J., Kirkland, L., Poppleton, K., & Morrison, D. L. (2022). It's Not Only About the Content: People, Culture, and Processes within Climate Justice Education, December, Climate Education Tool #3. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Norris, J., Lê, K., Rubio, J. M., Morrison, D. L., & Bell, P. (2022). Leveraging Environmental Justice to Unlock the Potential of Education. June, Climate Education Tool #2. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Norris, J., Swinehart, T., Morrison, D. L., & Bell, P. (2022). Teaching for Climate Justice and Student Action, December, Climate Education Tool #4. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Pinney, J., Robinson, M., Miller-Way, T., Bell, P., Han, R. J., Guevara, C., Rhinehart, A., & Morrison, D. L. (2022). Identifying local environmental justice phenomena for science and engineering investigations, February, STEM Teaching Tools Brief 87. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Schmitz, E., Morrison, D. L., Norris, J., Lohr, M., Arbab, S., MacNevin, B., Bronstein, B., Peck, A., Meyer, S., & Brotherton, P. (2022). Designing climate change learning for action, September, STEM Teaching Tools Brief 90. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Bell, P., Morrison, D. L., Arada, K., Garcia, M., & members of the Council of State Science Supervisors (CSSS). (2021). How can you advance equity and justice through science teaching? STEM Teaching Tools Brief 71. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Braaten, m., Foster, D., Foster, J., Han, R. J., Scipio, D., Suarez, E., Morrison, D. L. & Bell, P. (2021). How can we confront and dismantle systemic racism through science learning? STEM Teaching Tools Brief 79. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.


Morrison, D. L., McNevin, B. & Bell, P. (2021). Navigating the Political Dimensions of Climate Change Teaching and Learning. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 78. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Ruskey, A., Morrison, D., & Bell, P. (2021). Keeping climate science learning and instruction focused on creating solutions and building community resilience. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 68. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Morrison, D., Bell, P., & Rhinehart, A. (2020). Focusing science and engineering learning on justice-centered phenomena across PK-12. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 67. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Coleman, S., Chinn, P., Morrison, D., & Kaupp, L. (2019). How place-based science education strategies can support equity for students, teachers, and communities. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 57. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

McGowan, V. C., Klein, E., & Morrison, D. (2019). Engaging students in computational thinking during scientific investigations. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 56. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Morrison, D., & Bell, P. (2018). How to build an equitable learning community in your science classroom. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 54. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Bell, P., Rodriguez, A. J., Tzou, C., & Morrison, D. (2018). How to avoid known pitfalls associated with culturally responsive instruction. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 53. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Morrison, D.  & Rhinehart, A. (2017). How can teachers guide classroom conversations to support students’ science learning? STEM Teaching Tools Brief 48. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Morrison, D., Bell, P., Chowning, J., & Klein, E. (2017). Addressing controversial science topics in the K-12 classroom. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 44. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Morrison, D., & Debarger, A. (2016). How can formative assessment support culturally responsive argumentation in a classroom community? STEM Teaching Tools Brief 25. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Bell, P., Morrison, D., & Debarger, A. (2015). How to launch STEM investigations that build on student and community interests and expertise. STEM Teaching Tools Brief 31. University of Washington, STEM Teaching Tools.

Ebert, E., Schmitz, E., Lydon, C., Morrison, D., & Bell, P. (2020). Network design and support: Implementing NGSS-aligned and climate science learning in Washington. Project portrait, ClimeTime. https://www.climetime.org/leadership-brief/

Ebert, E., Schmitz, E., Lydon, C., Morrison, D., & Bell, P. (2020). COVID-19 adaptations to support the ClimeTime network. Project Portrait, ClimeTime. https://www.climetime.org/covid-adaptations/

Other

Kavanagh, S. S., Shahan, E., & Morrison, D. (2017). Core Practices of Teaching: A Primer. Seattle, WA: Teacher Education by Design (website resources at https://tedd.org/blog/core-practices-of-teaching-a-primer/).

In Progress

For work in progress and service work in this area, please see full Vita.