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B Habig, P Gupta, JD Adams - Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021 - Springer

Disrupting deficit narratives in informal science education: applying community cultural wealth theory to youth learning and engagement.

Broadening participation informal stem education

Adams, Gupta, Habig

GSID: 53iQocHLaFEJ

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Informal learning organizations such as museums, zoos, aquaria, gardens, and community-based organizations are often positioned as having programming that fill a void that may exist in the lives of youth participants. Often these institutions do not recognize the assets that youth gain from their own homes and communities and bring to bear in these programs and that contribute to their success and persistence in STEM and academics. In this paper, we problematize the prevailing deficit-oriented approach to STEM enrichment programs for …

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