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Reimagining Disciplinary Learning Through Expansive Approaches Toward Language in STEM

Fri, April 22, 11:30am to 1:00pm PDT (11:30am to 1:00pm PDT), Manchester Grand Hyatt, Floor: 3rd Level, Seaport Tower, Torrey Hills AB

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session responds to calls for re-imagining disciplinary learning (Warren et al., 2020) and “broadening participation” in STEM (NSF Includes, 2019). Specifically, the papers in this symposium will explore expansive approaches toward language (e.g., translanguaging) as one potential pathway for re-imagining disciplinary learning in STEM classrooms. These papers build on the fluid and dynamic language practices of multilinguals that transcend boundaries between named languages, language varieties, and multimodal resources (Li, 2018). In this symposium, we will investigate expansive approaches toward language (1) as a way to invite and build upon students’ linguistic and multimodal repertoires in STEM classrooms, and (2) as a lens for re-imagining what counts as legitimate and valuable participation in STEM disciplines.

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