Critical Studies in K-12 STEM Education

3 credits · Graduate

The course examines how ideologies of race, smartness, and gender frame policy and practice in STEM education, and with what impact on minoritized students. The course then presents case studies of STEM curricula and programs designed to disrupt normative frameworks rationalizing STEM for minoritized youth that imagine different social and political imperatives for STEM learning. The course concludes by identifying enduring tensions and new possibilities for STEM education in (and out) schools.