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Science Artifacts as Boundary Objects: Designs That Cross Social Settings

Tue, April 17, 10:35am to 12:05pm, Vancouver Convention Centre, Floor: Third Level, West Room 302

Session Submission Type: Symposium

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Symposium participants consider how students’ scientific/technological artifacts cross boundaries between social settings, for instance by expressing both personal interests and scientific values. Presentations explore artifact properties, what makes artifacts meaningful for different audiences, and mechanisms through which artifacts can generate meanings for students themselves, friends, teachers, and even broader school and scientific/technological communities. The presenters share a common theoretical view of artifacts as symbolic and mediating thought and activity, but push this theory to consider the properties of the artifacts that allow them be meaningful in different ways for students and others. The session as a whole will consider how such artifacts can be used to promote learning and identity development in science and technology.

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