Dr. Shannon Navy, assistant professor in science education in the School of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum Studies, was recently honored by the Publications Advisory Committee with the (NARST) Research Worth Reading Award for her 2020 Journal of Research in Science Teaching (JRST) lead author publication, Accessed or latent resources? Exploring new secondary science teachers鈥� networks of resources. This award is given annually to three papers published in JRST that are identified as having the most significant implications for science educators and practitioners.

鈥淭hese interactions highlight the critical importance of social resources and the benefit of strategically leveraging community resources,鈥� Dr. Navy says. 鈥淥verall, this resources perspective provides novel insights for supporting new science teachers during their induction years.鈥�
Dr. Navy was officially honored at the NARST annual conference on Thursday, April 8th, 2021.