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(Re)Imagining Different Educational Realities: Anti-Deficit Approaches in Informal Learning Environments Research
Sun, April 14, 7:45 to 9:15am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 115BSession Type: Structured Poster Session
Abstract
In the session, informal learning environments (ILE) researchers and practitioners present 12 projects that utilize anti-deficit, strength-based approaches to support learning with (and ILE educators of) children, youth, families, and young adults. Quantitative, qualitative, mixed-method, and review studies highlight ways anti-deficit approaches can be integrated into ILE work, providing valuable models for theoretical framing, methods, analysis, and program implementation. Projects represent a range of informal learning settings (e.g., science center, art museum, library, afterschool program, home, and digital learning environment) and include learners with diverse racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, linguistic backgrounds and abilities. Attendees will engage in conversations with graduate students, early career researchers, prominent ILE scholars, and practitioners to collectively co-construct promising ways to move the ILER community toward radical transformation.
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Papers
Employing Grounded Theory to Support Strengths-Based Analysis of Informal Science Learning Conversations (Poster 1) - Kimberly Reynolds Kelly, California State University - Long Beach; Natalie Rose George, California State University - Long Beach; Claudine Maloles, California State University - Long Beach; Leela Salary, California State University - Long Beach; Xiomara Barillas Polanco, California State University - Long Beach
Making Art Theirs: Identifying Funds of Knowledge in a Social Media Challenge to Recreate Artworks (Poster 2) - Kenna Hernly, University of Maryland
Enhancing Family Social Capital: Fostering Development and Learning Outcomes in Kindergarten for Low-SES Urban Children (Poster 3) - Dominic F. Gullo, Drexel University
Culturally Sustaining Arts and Reciprocity in a Multigenerational After-School Program (Poster 4) - Kevin M. Kane, University of California - Los Angeles; Lindsey Kunisaki, University of California - Los Angeles
Create2Solve DIY Kits Project: An Anti-Deficit Approach to Underrepresented Youth’s Participation in Informal STEAM Learning (Poster 5) - Midhat Noor Kiyani, McGill University
Museum Staff, Caregivers, and Preschool Teachers Collaborating to Reimagine Family Engagement in Early STEAM Learning (Poster 6) - Franklin S. Aucapina, New York Hall of Science; Diana Ballesteros, Graduate Center - CUNY; Delia Meza, New York Hall of Science; Jasmine Maldonado, New York Hall of Science; Sarah Ketani, New York Hall of Science; Susan M. Letourneau, New York Hall of Science
Learning Here and There: Identifying Families’ Strengths When Learning in a Museum and at Home (Poster 7) - Lauren Christine Pagano Hush, Northwestern University; Riley George, Loyola University Chicago; Kaitlyn Hurka, Northwestern University; Elena Fiegen, Northwestern University; Evan Vlahandreas, Northwestern University; Catherine A. Haden, Loyola University Chicago; David H. Uttal, Northwestern University
From a Dominican Island to a Mexican Rainforest: Developing and Designing Culturally Relevant Spanish-English Bilingual Science Storybooks (Poster 8) - Paola Montufar Soria, New York University
Disabilities Empowering Tinkering: Stories of Learners With Disabilities at Library Makerspaces (Poster 9) - Yong Ju Jung, University of Oklahoma; June Abbas, University of Oklahoma; Nazmin Sultana, University of Oklahoma
Engineering Learning at Rural Libraries Through Centering Families’ Cultural Practices of Making and Librarians’ Assets (Poster 10) - Soo Hyeon Kim, Indiana University - Indianapolis; Gi Woong Choi, Florida State University; Ju Hui Kang, University of Cincinnati