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Building STEM Teachers’ Social Justice Teaching Capacities: Future Directions for Teacher Education

Sat, April 26, 8:00 to 9:30am MDT (8:00 to 9:30am MDT), The Colorado Convention Center, Floor: Terrace Level, Bluebird Ballroom Room 3A

Session Type: Structured Poster Session

Abstract

This structured poster session brings together researchers from 12 institutions who support over 120 teachers to create justice-centered STEM learning opportunities for their K12 students. The researchers, from across the United States, report work on preservice and inservice teacher learning in 9 posters. Participants explore how partnerships with classroom educators and community organizations engage in the design and teaching of justice-centered STEM curricula. Each partnership reports on their co-design process and professional learning structures. The empirical studies leverage justice-centered pedagogies to shape the design of STEM pre-service courses, professional development workshops, community partnerships, and curriculum. The participants report on current efforts and future directions for supporting preservice and inservice teachers to integrate social justice in STEM teaching and learning.

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