Defining, Conceptualizing, and Reimagining Urban STEM Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education (STEM) education is a field that is not well defined, specifically urban STEM education is not well defined and is under-conceptualized in the literature. The socio-historical, political, and cultural context of urban communities, schools, and families, and STEM education warrant inquiry, but the convergence of these entities necessitates that we examine the ways in which they come together to limit or enhance the STEM learning experiences of students in urban schools. The panelists will share their definitions of urban STEM education to advance our understanding in ways that disrupt oppressive and deficit-based frameworks and forward a more authentic approach to broadening participation in STEM by students in urban schools and communities.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Urban Learning, Teaching, and Research

Chair

• Vanessa Diane Dodo Seriki, Morgan State University

Papers

• Theorizing STEM Through a Critical, Phenomenological, and Ecological Approach - Terrell R Morton, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Reimagining Urban STEM Education: Cities as Sponsors and Spaces for Learning and Engagement - Erica Walker, University of Toronto - OISE

• Urban STEM Education as Property: Race, Place, and Educational Inequity - Erika C. Bullock, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Reenvisioning STEM Education for Black Learners in Urban Spaces - Julius Davis, Bowie State University

• The Power of Representation: Supporting Minoritized Women's Development of STEM Identity Through Mentoring - Jillian L Wendt, University of the District of Columbia

Discussant

• Roni Ellington, Morgan State University