Transparent Technologies for Science Education: Toward Equitable, Social Justice Criticality

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session Six
  In Roundtable Session: Online and Equitable Simulated Teacher Professional Development (Table 4)

Abstract

In this position paper, we argue for a counternarrative, where instead of erroneously positioning communities of color as being the source of science mistrust, the problem is reframed to consider what the scientific, technological, and science education communities need to do to become more trustworthy and transgress the persistent shortcomings related to racism and injustice. We engage an understanding of how bias, access, and racism operate in and at the intersection of science and technology, and pose a framework to counter alienation and racism with an emphasis on equitable, social justice criticality, for science-technology education: Broadening participation; Exposing the myth of neutrality; amplifying asset-based counterstories for broadening participation; Centering a racial equity/justice and humanity-centered approach; and committing to technological transparency.

Authors

• Noemi Waight, University at Buffalo - SUNY
  Presenting Author

• Shakhnoza Kayumova, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
  Presenting Author

• Jennifer Tripp, University at Buffalo - SUNY
  Presenting Author

• Feyza Achilova, Darthmouth High School
  Presenting Author