Cultivating STEM Identities: Teaching for Equity in the Math and Science Classrooms

This course will explore how educational experiences and beliefs about identity and power influence how we learn and teach mathematics and science. We will examine equitable, culturally responsive and sustaining teaching practices in secondary mathematics and science classrooms and how these can be utilized to cultivate students’ STEM identities. You will have an opportunity to tutor in a STEM classroom, develop and teach a lesson in our class and create a unit plan that could be implemented in a variety of contexts. This course is designed to help you gain a greater understanding of the complexities that surround teaching and learning mathematics and science in the United States.