How Do Minorities within the Minority Identify with Science and Engineering? A Focus on Middle School Students' Identity Negotiations Regarding Science

January 1, 2012 | Public Programs

This presentation from the January 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education examines identity formation in middle school science, presenting informal education programs as a way to change perceptions by exposing students to real scientists. The study focuses on middle school students' science identity formations before and after their participation in summer science camps.

Document

ScienceandEngineeringIdentityNegotiationsISE.ppt

Associated Projects

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Center for Integrating Research and Learning

TEAM MEMBERS

Roxanne Hughes

Author

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Kristin Molyneaux

Author

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Pat Dixon

Author

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Citation

Publication Name: Annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education

Funders

NSF

Funding Program: Division of Materials Research

Award Number: 0654118

Resource Type: Reference Materials

Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering | General STEM

Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals

Environment Type: Public Programs | Summer and Extended Camps

Access and Inclusion: Women and Girls

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