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2022 Poster - Tinkering at Home: Creating Equitable Engineering and Spatial Learning Opportunities for Latine Children and Families during the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 17, 2022 | Media and Technology, Public Programs, Exhibitions

Hands-on tinkering experiences can help promote more equitable STEM learning opportunities for children from diverse backgrounds (Bevan, 2017; Vossoughi & Bevan, 2014). Latine heritage families naturally engage in and talk about engineering practices during and after tinkering in a children’s museum (Acosta & Haden, in press). We asked how the everyday practice of oral stories and storytelling could be leveraged during an athome tinkering activity to support children’s informal engineering and spatial learning.

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  • Diana Acosta
    Author
    Loyola University Chicago
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    Author
    Loyola University Chicago
  • Kim Coin
    Author
    Chicago Children's Museum
  • Citation

    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
    Award Number: 1906839
    NSF
    Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
    Award Number: 1906940
    NSF
    Funding Program: Advancing Informal STEM Learning (AISL)
    Award Number: 1906808
    Resource Type: Reference Materials
    Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering
    Audience: Elementary School Children (6-10) | Families | Educators/Teachers | Museum/ISE Professionals | Evaluators | Learning Researchers
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits
    Access and Inclusion: Ethnic/Racial | Hispanic/Latinx Communities | English Language Learners

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