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Connection With More-Than-Human Participants in Science Learning

Fri, April 12, 7:45 to 9:15am, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Floor: Level 100, Room 119B

Session Type: Symposium

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Science education research has increasingly focused on justice and dignity for learners. We aim to extend this stance to include more-than-human participants in learning. From a variety of epistemological perspectives, the presenters in this session will describe connections cultivated between learners and more-than-human participants in their learning. Our focus on connection attends to and values emotions that might otherwise be overlooked as a part of disciplinary learning and that are generative and intertwined with learners’ sensemaking and practice. We will explore connection in diverse contexts: informal learning with teens, a 6th grade STEM classroom, a university science ethics course, and a graduate-level teacher education course.

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