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Dr. Douglas B. Larkin is a Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Montclair State University in New Jersey. His main research concerns the preparation of science teachers for culturally diverse classrooms, and issues of equity and justice in teacher preparation. He worked as a high school physics and chemistry teacher for ten years—most recently in Trenton, NJ—and also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer teaching physics and mathematics in Kenya and Papua New Guinea. Dr. Larkin received his Ph.D. in Teacher Education in 2010 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Dr. Larkin's most recent book, “Teaching Science in Diverse Classrooms: Real Science for Real Students,” was published in Spring 2020. He is a section editor for the journal Science Education, and currently serves as PI for the IMPREST Noyce Track 4 research grant which examines the retention of novice science teachers (co-PI Dr. Sandra Adams, Dept. of Biology), and PI on a Noyce Track 1 undergraduate scholarship grant (co-PI Dr. Mika Munakata, Dept. of Mathematics) at Montclair State University with funding from the National Science Foundation.
Research interests
Concerns the preparation of science teachers for culturally diverse classrooms, and issues of equity and justice in teacher preparation.
Scholarly Interests
Dr. Larkin's current research agenda is shaped by a desire to strengthen the structures that support equitable and effective secondary science education in a variety of contexts. Unfortunately many reform efforts concerned with equity often seem to bypass secondary school teachers—a situation he aims to address in his work. His research agenda and expertise follows four thematic strands:
1. Equity and justice-centered high school science teaching
2. Science teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention
3. School science departments as sites for science education reform.
4. Antiracist teacher preparation
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Secondary STEM Teacher Education Scholarship Program
Larkin, D. (PI), Ricatto, P. P. J. (CoPI) & Munakata, M. (CoPI)
15/02/22 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
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STUDYING THE RETENTION OF NOVICE SCIENCE TEACHERS BY LEARNING FROM SCHOOL DISTRICT INDUCTION AND MENTORING PROGRAMS
Larkin, D. (PI)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
15/08/18 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Studying the Retention of Novice Science Teachers by Learning from School District Induction and Mentoring Programs
Larkin, D. (PI) & Adams, S. (CoPI)
15/08/18 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Montclair State University Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program
Adams, S. (PI), Berger, J. J. M. (CoPI) & Larkin, D. (CoPI)
1/09/13 → 31/08/23
Project: Research
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The Role of Teacher Education Programs in Developing Teacher Candidates’ Antiracist Stance on Teaching
Maloney, T., Larkin, D. B. & Hoque, N., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Equity and Excellence in Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A longitudinal investigation of changing conceptions about teaching science and pedagogical implications of student diversity
Larkin, D. B., Carletta, L. & Evans, S., Mar 2022, In: Science Education. 106, 2, p. 335-363 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Getting to a good place with science instruction: Rethinking an appropriate conception of teaching science
Larkin, D. B., Sep 2022, In: Science Education. 106, 5, p. 1054-1070 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
4 Scopus citations -
Portraying secondary science teacher retention with the person-position framework: An analysis of a state cohort of first-year science teachers
Larkin, D. B., Patzelt, S. P., Ahmed, K. M., Carletta, L. & Gaynor, C. R., Sep 2022, In: Journal of Research in Science Teaching. 59, 7, p. 1235-1273 39 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Scopus citations -
Preparing teachers for students in juvenile justice settings
Larkin, D. B. & Hannon, L. C. V., Dec 2020, In: Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice. 23, 4, p. 475-499 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations