"There's Something Different About This Group": Establishing Rightful Presence in a Critical Community of Practice

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Twelve
  In Roundtable Session: Reclaiming Space and Seeking Justice in STEM/STEAM and Environmental Education (Table 5)

Abstract

Issues of systemic racism have long been documented within STEM and STEM education. Furthermore, science teachers are majority white women, and likely have had little or no opportunities to discuss or engage with issues related to race and racism, especially in their teacher education programs. This proposal looks at how a community of practice (CoP) supported science teacher leaders (STLs) to reframe values while becoming racially-just science teachers. To frame our work we use rightful presence as a means to identify the value outcomes of the CoP. Design-based research methods and critical ethnographical tools are used to understand the participation and impact within the design space. Through interaction analysis we unpack how rightful presence emerged in the CoP.

Authors

• Ti'Era Worsley, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
  Presenting Author

• Desiré Whitmore
  Non-Presenting Author

• Rita Barrera
  Non-Presenting Author

• Eric Cross
  Non-Presenting Author

• Melody Ewey
  Non-Presenting Author

• Camille Fowler
  Non-Presenting Author

• Amy Kraft
  Non-Presenting Author

• Tara Sikorski
  Non-Presenting Author

• Sara C. Heredia, University of North Carolina - Greensboro
  Non-Presenting Author