Theoretical perspectives for developing antiracist teaching dispositions and practices in preservice teacher education

TC Madkins, CR Nazar - Science education, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
For some time, scholars who are guided by critical theories and perspectives have called out
how white supremacist ideologies and systemic racism work to (re) produce societal …

“That is Still STEM”: Appropriating the Engineering Design Process to Challenge Dominant Narratives of Engineering and STEM

J Watkins - Cognition and Instruction, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Teachers can play critical roles in challenging or reinscribing dominant narratives about
what counts as STEM, who is seen within STEM disciplines, and how these disciplines …

Fostering expansive and connective sensemaking with preservice secondary science teachers

J Watkins, NA De Lucca, SR Pao - Journal of Research in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Preservice secondary science teachers often experience science learning in narrow and
marginalizing ways in their science preparation. These experiences cause harm, particularly …

Transforming STEM Education and Empowering STEM Educators Through Collaborative Learning: Co-creating Critical Identities through Social Justice and Culturally …

KM Hale - 2023 - ir.library.oregonstate.edu
Despite ongoing initiatives and research efforts, the persistent underrepresentation of
marginalized groups in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) disciplines in …

'At first they felt barely relevant': teacher reflective sensemaking of justice-oriented science teaching

WJ Kim - International Journal of Science Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study explores three science teachers' sensemaking of justice-oriented science
teaching, as they reflect on their science teaching practices in the framework of justice as …

“People Need to Speak Up”: Preservice Secondary Science Teachers' Movement Toward a Justice-Centered Science Education

VE Valdez, JA Bianchini - Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Teacher education programs must prepare their preservice science teachers to center social
justice and to meet the academic needs of culturally, racially, and linguistically diverse …

Critical Perspectives of School Science: A Science Teacher's Self Reflective Study of Science Classroom Interactions with Students

WJ Kim - Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Critical perspectives of science (CPS) elucidates science as a human endeavor that not only
embodies the rigorous process of knowledge construction but also reflects the inherent flaws …

A Study on the Influence and Importance of Black Science Teachers

D Smith-Mutegi - Journal of Research Initiatives, 2023 - digitalcommons.uncfsu.edu
Black teachers have been known to provide positive experiences and outcomes for
students, especially Black students. Nevertheless, Black science teachers are marginally …