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Research Interests
Professor Richards’ research focuses on two interconnected strands, primarily within the context of science education:
- Designing and studying ways of cultivating increasingly responsive classroom and professional learning environments — spaces within K-12 school systems that are responsive to learners' ideas, experiences, motivations, and directions
- Understanding and modeling the multifaceted dynamics of teacher practice and learning across contexts and timescales, drawing on situative perspectives and discourse analysis techniques
Education/Academic qualification
Curriculum and Instruction, PhD, University of Maryland, College Park
… → 2013
Curriculum and Instruction, MEd, University of Maryland, College Park
… → 2008
Biological Sciences and Political Science/International Relations, BA, University of Delaware
… → 2006
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Facilitating Teacher Learning with Video Clips of Instruction in Science
Richards, J. L. (PD/PI) & Sherin, M. G. (Co-PD/PI)
Florida State University, National Science Foundation
11/1/20 → 10/31/23
Project: Research project
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Practical measures of science teacher learning: Conceptualizing organizational functions and affordances
Anderson, E. R. & Richards, J., Jan 2025, In: Science Education. 109, 1, p. 238-265 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Tools for supporting teacher noticing about classroom video in online professional development
Larison, S., Richards, J. & Sherin, M. G., Apr 2024, In: Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. 27, 2, p. 139-161 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access13 Scopus citations -
Exploring Resources for Responsiveness to Student Thinking in Practice
Richards, J., Nov 1 2023, In: Journal of Teacher Education. 74, 5, p. 481-494 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3 Scopus citations -
Exploring Focused Responsiveness as an Approach to Facilitation in Professional Learning
Richards, J., 2022, International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022. Chinn, C., Tan, E., Chan, C. & Kali, Y. (eds.). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), p. 985-988 4 p. (Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
5 Scopus citations -
Complexities and opportunities in teachers' generation of videos from their own classrooms
Richards, J., Altshuler, M., Sherin, B. L., Sherin, M. G. & Leatherwood, C. J., Mar 2021, In: Learning, Culture and Social Interaction. 28, 100490.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access24 Scopus citations