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The Trouble with STEAM and Why We Use it Anyway

As an emerging field of theory, research, and practice, STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) has received attention for its efforts to incorporate the arts into the rubric of STEM learning. In particular, many informal educators have embraced it as an inclusive and authentic approach to engaging young people with STEM. Yet, as with many nascent fields, the conceptualization and usage of STEAM is somewhat ambivalent and weakly theorized. On the one hand, STEAM offers significant promise through its focus on multiple ways of knowing and new pathways to equitable
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TEAM MEMBERS: Sam Mejias Naomi Thompson R Mishael Sedas Mark S Rosin Elisabeth (Lissa) Soep Kylie Peppler Joseph Roche Jen Wong MaireĢad Hurley Philip Bell Bronwyn Bevan
resource research Media and Technology

Research and practice agenda

This Research & Practice Agenda is a synthesis of findings from the Youth Access & Equity in Informal Science Learning (ISL) partnership, a UK-US researcher-practitioner project, funded by the Science Learning+ Initiative. Activities included a survey administered in the UK and US with 134 ISL researchers and/or practitioners; workshops with 111 participants in both the UK and US; a literature review; and a joint UK/US workshop conducted in the UK. This set of activities generated a range of data, resources and raised questions, both research questions and questions of practice, which we have
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TEAM MEMBERS: Lynn Dierking Louise Archer emily dawson Angela Calabrese Barton Day Greenberg Amy Seakins
resource research Media and Technology

Pathways in informal science learning: a practice-research brief

This briefing paper reports findings from the Youth Access & Equity in Informal Science Learning (ISL) project, a UK-US researcher-practitioner partnership funded by the Science Learning+ Phase 1 scheme. Our project focuses on young people aged 11-14 primarily from under-served and non-dominant communities and includes researchers and practitioners from a range of ISL settings, including designed spaces (eg museums, zoos), community-based (e.g. afterschool clubs) and everyday science spaces (e.g. science media).
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TEAM MEMBERS: Angela Calabrese Barton Lynn Dierking Day Greenberg Louise Archer emily dawson Amy Seakins
resource research Media and Technology

Equity in informal science learning: a practice-research brief

This briefing paper reports findings from the Youth Access & Equity in Informal Science Learning (ISL) project, a UK-US researcher-practitioner partnership funded by the Science Learning+ scheme. Our project focuses on young people aged 11-14 primarily from under-served and non-dominant communities and includes researchers and practitioners from a range of ISL settings: designed spaces (e.g. museums, zoos), community-based (e.g. after school clubs) and everyday science spaces (e.g. science media).
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TEAM MEMBERS: emily dawson Amy Seakins Louise Archer Angela Calabrese Barton Lynn Dierking