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Date: 12/05/2022
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
Community monitoring of harvested rainwater in underserved, rural and urban Arizona communities ... »
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Date: 04/28/2022
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
Environmental educators have used guided-inquiry in natural and supportive learning environments for decades, but comparatively little programming and research has focused on experiences in urban environments, including in constructed ecosystems like green roofs, or impacts on older youth and adults. To address this gap, we designed a tiered, near ... »
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Date: 03/02/2022
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
To advance justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in science, we must first understand and improve the dominant-culture frameworks that impede progress and, second, we must intentionally create more equitable models. The present authors call ourselves the ICBOs and Allies Workgroup (ICBOs stands for independent community-based organizations), ... »
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Date: 10/29/2021
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
Background: Authentic research experiences and mentoring have positive impacts on fostering STEM engagement among youth from backgrounds underrepresented in STEM. Programs applying an experiential learning approach often incorporate one or both of these elements, however, there is little research on how these factors impact youth’s STEM engagement ... »
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Date: 10/17/2021
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
Identity development frameworks provide insight into why and to what extent individuals engage in STEM related activities. While studies of “STEM identity” often build off previously validated disciplinary and/or science identity frameworks, quantitative analyses of constructs that specifically measure STEM identity and its antecedents are scarce ... »
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Date: 09/22/2021
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
An individual's sense of themselves as a “STEM person” is largely formed through recognition feedback. Unfortunately, for many minoritized individuals who engage in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in formal and informal spaces, this recognition often adheres to long-standing exclusionary expectations of what STEM ... »
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Date: 06/01/2021
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
Making as a term has gained attention in the educational field. It signals many different meanings to many different groups, yet is not clearly defined. This project’s researchers refer to making as a term that bears social and cultural impact but with a broader more sociocultural association than definitions that center making in STEM learning. ... »
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Date: 02/01/2021
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
This article describes an example of science engagement striving for social justice by invigorating neglected spaces. The pop-up science centre “Knowledge◦Room“ in Vienna encourages learning, participation and engagement and provides accessibility to different groups regardless of their background. Based on a case-study of a bottom-up event at the ... »
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Date: 02/01/2021
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
From a strategic communication perspective, for any communication to be effective, it must be audience-centered, with content and delivery channels that are relevant to its intended target. When trying to reach culturally specific communities or other groups that are not otherwise connected with science research, it is crucial to partner with ... »
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Date: 01/29/2021
Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
Play serves an important function in early childhood, and more specifically, play in nature provides an optimal venue for holistic development. Teachers play a critical role in providing and protecting these experiences for young children. This study aimed to understand and make more explicit the perceived benefits of a nature playscape from the ... »
Date: 12/05/2022Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed articleCommunity monitoring of harvested rainwater in underserved, rural and urban Arizona communities ... »