Lara K. Smetana

Loyola University Chicago — United States

Social Sciences · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Science Education and Pedagogy(17), Education and Critical Thinking Development(11), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies(6), Diverse Educational Innovations Studies(6), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods(5)

Publications50 total

“I am a Scientist and I am a Science Teacher!”: Negotiating Shifts in Professional Identity
Journal of Research in Science Teaching·2026Open Access
Exploring the Longitudinal Value of a Research Experience for Preservice Secondary Science Teachers
Journal of Science Teacher Education·2025· 1 cited
Educator Experiences During a Collaborative STEAM Program
Action in Teacher Education·2024
“I Am a Scientist AND I Am a Science Teacher!” Negotiating Shifts in Professional Identity
2024
Computer Simulations in Science Education
Cambridge University Press eBooks·2023
Confronting, investigating, and learning from professional identity tensions
European Journal of Teacher Education·2023· 10 cited
Exploring Career Change Transitions through a Dialogic Conceptualization of Science Teacher Identity
Journal of Science Teacher Education·2020· 19 cited
Talking Trash
Science and Children·2020
Exploring Science Teacher Career Changer Identity From a Dialogic Approach
Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting·2020
Talking Trash: A Human Problem with Human Solutions
Loyola eCommons (Loyola University of Chicago)·2020Open Access
Let’s Be Litter Free
Science Scope·2019
Pedagogical Language Knowledge: An Investigation of a Science Teacher Candidate’s Student Teaching Strengths and Struggles
Action in Teacher Education·2019· 7 cited
Partnering for Engineering Teacher Education
Loyola eCommons (Loyola University of Chicago)·2019· 3 citedOpen Access
A Qualitative Case Study of Field-Based Teacher Education: One Candidate’s Evolving Expertise of Science Teaching for Emergent Bilinguals
Journal of Science Teacher Education·2018· 21 cited
Teacher Preparation Embraces Homeostasis and Novelty
2018
Introductions to Informal Learning
2018
“I Never Thought of Science as Something Like This”
Connected Science Learning·2018· 1 cited
Teaching Science to Every Child Using Culture as a Starting Point, 3rd Edition
2018· 2 cited
“From the Beginning, I Felt Empowered”: Incorporating an Ecological Approach to Learning in Elementary Science Teacher Education
Research in Science Education·2017· 10 cited
Science Activity
2017
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Frequent Co-authors

John Settlage(14), Sherry A. Southerland(12), Pamela Lottero-Perdue(12), Randy L. Bell(7), Amy J. Heineke(4), Ian C. Binns(3), Ann Marie Ryan(3), Daniel Birmingham(3), Joan Chadde Schumaker(3), Cheryl Nelson(3), Heidi Rouleau(3), Jenna Carlson(3), Lauren Wisbrock(3), Timothy J. Hoellein(3), Jennifer L. Maeng(2), Jenna Carlson Sanei(2), Ali Kushki(2), Julianne A. Wenner(2), Elizabeth Coleman(2), Wendy Severin Goldfien(2)