STEM and Social Justice: Teaching and Learning in Diverse Settings A Global Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Leggon, Cheryl B. (Editor), Gaines, Michael S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Learning & Instruction.; Educational Policy and Politics.

This volume focuses on selected innovative programs designed to augment the science, engineering, engineering and mathematics (STEM) workforce through increasing and enhancing the participation of under-represented groups. The programs span the STEM career pathway—primary, secondary, and tertiary ed...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview: Teaching and Learning STEM and Social Justice
• Part I Teaching and Learning STEM in Formal Settings
• Chapter 2 Science Made Sensible
• Chapter 3 Te Ropu Awhina: A Model for Building Post-secondary Maori and Pacific STEM Capability in Aotearoa/New Zealand
• Chapter 4.Enhancing Global Research and Education G-STEM at Spelman College
• Part II Teaching and Learning STEM in Informal Settings
• Chapter 5 Recent Research on Science Engagement in Informal Settings in South Africa
• Chapter 6 Recent Research on Science Engagement in Informal Settings in South Africa
• Chapter 7 Science Museums, Science Education and Social Justice
• Part III The Role of Professional Societies
• Chapter 8 Critical contemporary questions for engineering education in an unequal society: Deliberations for the South African Society for Engineering Education (SASEE)
• Part IV Lessons Learned and the Way Forward
• Chapter 9 Lessons Learned Across Settings, and the Way Forward.