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Brandi O’Neal has more than seventeen years of experience as a science educator. Mrs. O’Neal has taught grades 9-12 in Biology I, Human Anatomy & Physiology, Chemistry I, Organic Chemistry, Forensics, Genetics, Principles of Biological Sciences, and dual-credit Zoology courses. Mrs. O’Neal has worked with multiple student teachers, creating a passion for preparing pre-service and current teachers to be successful science educators, develop students’ science literacy, and interest in STEM fields. Mrs. O’Neal has been an instructor for a Science Methods course for undergraduate students in USM’s elementary education program. In 2016, Mrs. O’Neal began working toward a PhD in Science Education where her dissertation work focuses on exploring the obstacles educators face to implement inquiry-based learning in the elementary classroom. Mrs. O’Neal has used action- research strategies in her own classrooms which has informed her participation in a National Science Foundation funded project to increase inquiry-based learning in classrooms and develop review materials and workshops for the Mississippi Science Assessment Program. |
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