William Sandoval

May 21, 2024

Why Is It Important for Students to Understand How Scientific Decisions are Made? ‘If You Don’t Understand How Scientists Decide What Makes One Claim More Believable, Then It’s Actually Very Hard to Understand Science,’ Says STEM Education Department Head William Sandoval

For William Sandoval, head of the Department of STEM Education in the NC State College of Education, when preparing K-12 students to engage with real-world science, developing the skills to become career scientists is not nearly as important as helping them to engage with the science that will occur all around them in their everyday lives.

Jan 5, 2024

Meet STEM Department Head William A. Sandoval: ‘I Feel Really Fortunate To Be Joining a Department That Is Full of Incredible Teachers and Researchers’

William A. Sandoval joined the NC State College of Education on Jan. 1, 2024, as the head of the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education.