Rachel Sparks White

Biographic Data

ID9978324
NAMERachel Sparks White
GIVEN NAMESRachel Sparks
FAMILY NAMEWhite
SIGNATUREWHITE R S
AFFILIATIONSVirginia Commonwealth University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Secondary Teachers’ Experiences in International Professional Development for Convergence Research in STEM and Tradition

    Open AccessR White, Rachel Sparks White et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2026

    Convergence education promotes learning experiences that integrate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) to address complex real-world problems. However, secondary teachers often report limited access to professional development (PD) and curricular resources that support transdisciplinary instruction. This exploratory case study examines how four secondary teachers (three chemistry; one engineering) made sense of a transdiscipl…

  • Culturally Relevant STEM (CReST)

    Open AccessJames K Ferri, R White et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2024

    Convergence education, driven by compelling or complex socio-scientific problems, is an approach to bring cultural relevance into secondary STEM education. National trends show the need to increase the STEM workforce by leveraging educational research and innovative practices within the secondary level to increase student interest prior to graduating high school. We introduced CReST (Culturally Relevant STEM) in a US high school pilot study. Stud…