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Buxton Cory, Harper Susan, Payne YolandaDenise, et al. Using the Sociology of Associations to Rethink STEM Education. 2017;587-600
Buxton, C. o. r. y., Harper, S. u. s. a. n., Payne, Y. o. l. a. n. d. a. D. e. n. i. s. e., & Allexsaht-Snider, M. a. r. t. h. a. (2017). Using the Sociology of Associations to Rethink STEM Education. 587-600.
Buxton, Cory, et al. "Using the Sociology of Associations to Rethink STEM Education." vol. (2017): 587-600.
Buxton Cory, Harper Susan, Payne YolandaDenise, Allexsaht-Snider Martha. Using the Sociology of Associations to Rethink STEM Education. 2017;587-600. UIID-AD: 4720.
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2017;587-600.

Using the Sociology of Associations to Rethink STEM Education.

Cory Buxton, Susan Harper, Yolanda Denise Payne, Martha Allexsaht-Snider

UIID-AD: 4720

Abstract

Using three constructs taken from Latour's 2005 book, "Reassembling the Social," we consider our work in 2 contexts that were part of a project to support science teachers working with English learners: an 8th-grade physical science class in a summer science enrichment academy, and a 6th-grade Earth science class in a public middle school. We utilize Latour's constructs of (a) group formation, (b) mediators and intermediaries, and (c) traces of intentionality to interpret the interactions that occur in these spaces. We analyze these interactions to make a broader argument about the limitations of "improvement science" perspectives that are increasingly influential in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education research in the U.S. context.

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