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Science Education, Capital, and Power
Mon, April 16, 12:25 to 1:55pm, Sheraton Wall Centre, Floor: Third Level, North Junior Ballroom BSession Submission Type: Symposium
Abstract
This symposium explores how ‘capital’ and ‘power’ are integral to the production of uneven patterns of learning and participation in science within schools and out-of-school settings, with a particular focus on understanding how social inequalities of gender, ‘race’/ethnicity and socioeconomic status operate (and interactions of capital and power with ‘identity’). The papers report on both theoretical analysis (Claussen & Osborne) and empirical research, utilising ethnography (Carlone et al; Kang et al; Rahm), survey and interview methods (Archer & DeWitt). The session brings together an international collection of research, from the US (Claussen; Carlone, Kang et al), UK (Archer) and Canada (Rahm). The papers not only advance existing knowledge but also identify strategies and new directions for implementing change within science education.
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The Mis-selling of Science Education: Bourdieu’s Notion of Cultural Capital and its Implications for the Science Curriculum - Stephanie Claussen, Stanford University; Jonathan F. Osborne, Stanford University
Forming Aspirations: Interplays of Capital, Social Inequalities, and Family Habitus in the Development of Children’s Science Aspirations - Louise Archer, Kings College, London; Jennifer DeWitt, Kings College, London
P/power as an Analytic Lens for Equity Research: Uses of Time and Space in Two Diverse Elementary Science Classrooms - Heidi Carlone, University of North Carolina - Greensboro; Angela Johnson, Saint Mary's College of Maryland; Julie Lynn Haun-Frank, Old Dominion University
Recognizing Multiple Identity Trajectories in Science That Urban Middle School Girls Author and Its Role in Science Learning - Hosun Kang, University of Washington; Angela Calabrese Barton, Michigan State University; Edna Tan, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Juanita Beatriz Bautista Guerra, Michigan State University; Caitlin Brecklin, Michigan State University
A Critical Assessment of Diverse Youths’ Learning and Identity Work in Science in Informal Environments - Jrene Rahm, University of Montreal