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Coloniality, Western Science, And Critical Ethnic Studies In Stem Education, Latoya M. Strong
Coloniality, Western Science, And Critical Ethnic Studies In Stem Education, Latoya M. Strong
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
In this dissertation, I use a critical transdisciplinary approach to examine how the coloniality of Western Science impacts science education teaching, learning, and research. Weaving together Black geographies, settler colonialism, and decolonial theory, I illustrate how the historical, symbiotic relationship between colonization and Western Science created a culture that continues to shape modern science practices and science education. The coloniality of Western Science was codified into science education, resulting in three approaches to teaching, learning and research—the assimilationist model, the capitalist model, and the imperialist model. Moving from theory to research, I collaborated with STEM educators over six weeks to …
Carolina African Runner Peanuts: Connecting African And Alabamian Agricultural History, Abby West, Gary Padgett, Matthew D. Campbell
Carolina African Runner Peanuts: Connecting African And Alabamian Agricultural History, Abby West, Gary Padgett, Matthew D. Campbell
The Councilor: A National Journal of the Social Studies
Social Studies has the potential to impact STEAM education in unrealized ways. It can have this impact by being meaningful, integrative, value-based, challenging, and active. This article examines teaching about Carolina African Runner peanuts and the history of Alabama’s agriculture. The introduction of peanuts to Alabama and the enslavement of African people cannot be removed from a lesson such as this – nor should it. It is through value-based education that social studies contributes the most to STEM and STEAM lessons. This article is significant in that it demonstrates a history lesson that is active rather than passive. This article …
Covid-19_Umaine News_Education Week Talks With Ferrini-Mundy About Stem Teaching During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications
Covid-19_Umaine News_Education Week Talks With Ferrini-Mundy About Stem Teaching During The Pandemic, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications
Division of Marketing & Communications
Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding Education Week report on a symposium at the American Educational Research Association's virtual annual meeting featuring Joan Ferrini-Mundy, University of Maine System vice chancellor for research and innovation and president of the University of Maine.
Vemi Lab 2021, Virtual Environments And Multimodal Interaction Laboratory
Vemi Lab 2021, Virtual Environments And Multimodal Interaction Laboratory
General University of Maine Publications
The Virtual Environments and Multimodal Interaction (VEMI) Lab embodies an inclusive, collaborative, and multi-disciplinary approach to hands-on research and education. By bringing together students and faculty from more than a dozen majors and disciplines, VEMI is uniquely positioned to advance computing and STEM initiatives both here at the university as well as in broader communities throughout Maine and nationwide.
Covid-19_Umaine News_Pen Bay Pilot Posts Piece About 4-H Centers Providing Outdoor, Stem Education, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications
Covid-19_Umaine News_Pen Bay Pilot Posts Piece About 4-H Centers Providing Outdoor, Stem Education, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications
Division of Marketing & Communications
Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Pen Bay Pilot posting a piece about the University of Maine Cooperative Extension story about UMaine 4-H partnering with schools for outdoor, STEM education.
Seed Grant Award Winners Announced, Jason Charland
Seed Grant Award Winners Announced, Jason Charland
General University of Maine Publications
In April 2020, a call for proposals for the UMaine Al Initiative seed grant funding program was released in an effort to help UMaine faculty increase their competitiveness for extramural funding support to advance UMaine's AI R&D agenda. A total of 16 applications were received by the June 1 application deadline and the quality of the proposals from the interdisciplinary teams assembled was outstanding.
Steam Vs. Stem: A Study And Program Proposal For Monticello, Micaela Deogracias
Steam Vs. Stem: A Study And Program Proposal For Monticello, Micaela Deogracias
Honors Projects
STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and art programs have long been struggling for dominance in the education system. This fight overshadows the fact there are synergistic educative capabilities when these two schools of thought are combined, allowing scientific and artistic persons to work in tandem and be exposed to a wider variety of problem-solving options and opinions. This study aims to focus on museum education practices specifically and how implementing STEAM programs (science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics) versus STEM could raise the perceived value of arts in society, as well as create a more enriching educational experience by …
On Cultural Polymathy: How Visual Thinking, Culture, And Community Create A Platform For Progress, Whitney Dail
On Cultural Polymathy: How Visual Thinking, Culture, And Community Create A Platform For Progress, Whitney Dail
The STEAM Journal
Within the last decade, the commingling of art and science has reached a critical mass. Science has long infused the arts with curiosity for natural phenomena and human behavior. New models for producing knowledge have given rise to interaction and collaboration across the globe, along with a renewed Renaissance.
Math/Science Teacher Collaborative Targets Campuswide Participation, Kay Hyatt
Math/Science Teacher Collaborative Targets Campuswide Participation, Kay Hyatt
General University of Maine Publications
The Maine Mathematics-Science Teacher Excellence Collaborative is actively working toward its goals of improving the recruitment, preparation and support of students with strong interests in math, science and technology to help address the national shortage of math and science teachers for grades 7-12.
Everyday Life Is Full Of 'Science Moments' To Teach And Share With Children, Mary Bird, Herman Weller
Everyday Life Is Full Of 'Science Moments' To Teach And Share With Children, Mary Bird, Herman Weller
General University of Maine Publications
The routine business of getting back to school is the easy part. It's much more challenging to figure out how to support children's efforts to learn more about the world and their place in it, and to hone the new skills they are acquiring daily. Even if you have felt comfortable reading with your child or helping with math homework in the past, chances are that you, like the vast majority of American parents, feel stymied when it comes to science. So what can you do to broaden and deepen your child's learning of science? A lot, and you don't …