M Lachney, W Babbitt, A Bennett, R Eglash - EURODL, 2019 - par.nsf.gov

" A Voice to Talk About it": Cosmetologists as STEM Experts in Educational Technology Design and Implementation.

STEM and "broadening participation"

Babbitt, Bennett, Eglash, Lachney

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Excerpt

In the US there are steady efforts by governmental and philanthropic organizations to increase the representation of students of colour in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). After years of mixed results, researchers and educators have started to question one size fits all notions of broadening participation. An increasing number of projects are challenging universalist assumptions by enrolling the expertise of culturally situated communities of practice in STEM lessons and the educational technologies that …