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Faculty Profile

Dr. Tara Barnhart

Assistant Professor

Attallah College of Educational Studies

Expertise: Science Education; Teacher Development; Mathematics Instruction; Secondary Education; Student-Centered Science Instruction

Email: tbarnhart@chapman.edu

Education:: Whittier College, Bachelor of Arts
Whittier College, Master of Arts
University of California, Irvine, Ph.D.

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: Barnhart, T. & van Es, E. (2020). Developing a critical discourse about teaching and learning: The case of a secondary science video club. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 31:5, 491-514.; Barnhart, T., & van Es, E. (2018). Participation in a video club: influences on classroom practice. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 18(1), 50-80.; van Es, E., Cashen, M., Barnhart, T., Auger, A. (2017). Understanding the development of pre-service teachers’ noticing of ambitious mathematics pedagogy. Curriculum and Instruction, 35(3), 165-187.; Barnhart, T., van Es. E. (2015). Studying teacher noticing: Examining the relationship between pre-service science teachers’ ability to attend, analyze and respond to student thinking. Teaching and Teacher Education, 45, 83-93.