Disrupting Secondary Stem Education - Educator Experiences of Teaching for Globally Just Futures

This volume brings into focus the pivotal educational years during adolescence, when many learners are exposed to implicit and explicit messages that STEM is not a viable educational pathway for them.

List of contents

Preface Theme 1: Introducing disruptive STEM and basic approaches Introduction: Setting the stage for disruptive secondary STEM education 1. Portraits of STEM Disruptors 2. Planning for disruptive STEM Theme 2: Content-focused, disruptive STEM curriculum, with specific in-depth lessons 3. Understanding eco-colonialism through globally competent STEM praxis 4. Teaching for racial and environmental justice - Flint, Michigan U. S. A. 5. Centering Indigenous Voice: STEM Teacher Training in Service of Decolonial Futures Theme 3: Process-focused, disruptive STEM pedagogy, with interwoven thematic explorations 6. Queering the Biology Classroom: Intersections between queer pedagogy and disruptive STEM teaching 7. The City Budget Project: Proportionality, Financial Literacy, and Culturally Responsive Mathematics 8. Addressing wicked problems in teacher preparation through educator solidarity 9. Learning with an unprepared mind is like walking into a forest without a map: Developing reflective meditation practices in math 10. STEM teaching for collective care and action

About the author

Margery Gardner is the Director of Teacher Preparation and an Assistant Professor in Educational Studies at Colgate University, USA.

Summary

This volume brings into focus the pivotal educational years during adolescence, when many learners are exposed to implicit and explicit messages that STEM is not a viable educational pathway for them.

Product details

• Authors: Margery (Colgate University Gardner
• Assisted by: Margery Gardner (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032498522
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3249852-2
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Critical Perspectives on Teaching and Teachers’ Work
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, teacher training, Teaching skills and techniques, Educational strategies & policy, Teaching skills & techniques, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Primary and middle schools, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies