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Community-Centered and Relational Approaches in Environmental Science and Engineering Education
Fri, April 10, 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (7:45 to 9:15am PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level One, Petree DSession Type: Roundtable Session
Abstract
This session brings together five studies that examine how cultural values, local knowledge, and community relationships shape environmental science and engineering education. Moving beyond individualistic and discipline-bound approaches, these studies highlight how learning emerges through collective inquiry, ethical relationships with place, and community engagement. Using methodologies such as narrative inquiry, ethnography, and design-based research, the projects span educator preparation, youth agency, intergenerational collaboration, cultural revitalization, and professional practice. Together, they offer a vision of environmental education that foregrounds justice, relationality, and belonging. These studies demonstrate how science education can serve as a site for community empowerment, cultural affirmation, and collaborative knowledge-making, equipping learners not just to understand the world but to act within it with care, responsibility, and purpose.
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Study 1: Supporting pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy to facilitate youth-led civic engagement programs for the environment - Megan Ennes, University of Florida; Emily Cayton, Campbell University; Elle Henson, University of Florida
From Voice to Action: Developing Environmental Care through curriculum Co-Design process - Aakriti Bisht, University of California - Irvine; Rossella Santagata, University of California - Irvine; Symone Gyles, University of California - Irvine; Hosun Kang, University of California - Irvine; Yuxi Huang, University of California - Irvine; Taryn M. Williams, University of California - Irvine; Jennifer J. Long, University of California - Irvine; Sara Ludovise, Orange County Department of Education; Erick Valdez, Orange County Department of Education
Engaging local expertise in community science - Christopher Jadallah, University of California - Los Angeles; Heidi Ballard, University of California - Davis
Revitalizing Traditions Through Critical Community Science and Creative Placemaking - Kelsie Fowler, University of Washington
Cultural Values in Data Visualization: Insights from Young Professionals in Environmental STEM Careers - Victoria Nguyen, University of California - Irvine; Guadalupe Rosas, University of California - Irvine