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Pathways to STEM for Low-Income Underrepresented Minorities: High School Opportunity Structures, “Figured Worlds” of STEM, Postsecondary Matriculations, and Choice of Major in Two Cities Differentially Positioned in the Global Economy

Sun, April 6, 2:15 to 3:45pm, Convention Center, Floor: 100 Level, 120B

Session Type: Symposium

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This symposium focuses on the consequences of efforts to improve STEM-related outcomes by expanding curricular options for minority and low-income students in cities that are differentially positioned in the global economy. Drawing upon three years of ethnographic and survey research in 8 non-selective high schools, we compare STEM opportunity structures, participants’ “figured worlds” (cultural models) of STEM, and students’ postsecondary matriculation patterns and choice of major. In line with the 2014 AERA theme, we explore: 1) on-the-ground mechanisms that produce varied outcomes of interest, and 2) implications of both research method and findings with respect to improving the education and well being of the next generation of low-income minority students in urban high schools.

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