Ambient Identity Cues for Minoritized Students in Elementary STEM Classrooms

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Abstract

Children build identity as early as elementary school as they receive messages about who belongs in which disciplines, often through ambient identity cues. We studied how and why elementary STEM teachers create classroom designs and use teaching materials that serve as material, relational, and ideational identity resources with which children build their disciplinary identities. Two elementary STEM teachers, and three minoritized elementary students participated in this study. Data were collected from classroom design, teaching materials, journaling, and artifact-based interviews. Findings include that teachers' sensemaking of ambient identity cues varied between objects for classroom design and those for content teaching.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2024
Subtitle of host publicationLearning as a Cornerstone of Healing, Resilience, and Community - 18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024 - Proceedings
EditorsRobb Lindgren, Tutaleni Asino, Eleni A. Kyza, Chee-Kit Looi, D. Teo Keifert, Enrique Suarez
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages1658-1661
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9798990698000
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Event18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024 - Buffalo, United States
Duration: Jun 10 2024Jun 14 2024

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
ISSN (Print)1814-9316

Conference

Conference18th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBuffalo
Period6/10/246/14/24

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Education

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