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Black girls; informal STEM learning; middle grades; counterstories; counterspaces; critical race feminism; equity
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Black Girls Speak Stem: Counterstories Of Informal And Formal Learning Experiences, Natalie S. King, Rose M. Pringle
Black Girls Speak Stem: Counterstories Of Informal And Formal Learning Experiences, Natalie S. King, Rose M. Pringle
Middle and Secondary Education Faculty Publications
This study presents the interpretations and perceptions of Black girls who participated in I AM STEM – a community-based informal science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program. Using narrative inquiry, participants generated detailed accounts of their informal and formal STEM learning experiences. Critical race methodology informed this research to portray the dynamic and complex experiences of girls of color, whose stories have historically been silenced and misrepresented. The data sources for this qualitative study included individual interviews, student reflection journals, samples of student work, and researcher memos, which were triangulated to produce six robust counterstories. Excerpts of the counterstories are …