Science in the making at the margin : a multisited ethnography of learning and becoming in an afterschool program, a garden and a math and science upward bound program / by Jrène Rahm.
Includes bibliographic references (p. 313-321) and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Science in the making outside of school : a synthesis of possibilities and challenges -- Theoretical points of reference -- Marginal sites of science in the making -- Science in the making in Les Scientifines -- Science in the making in Jardins-jeunes -- Science in the making in COSMOS -- A look beyond the science : what matters to youth in these programs -- Motives for participation in Les Scientifines -- Motives for participation in Jardins-jeunes -- Motives for participation in COSMOS -- Engagement in science over time and its implications for learning and becoming -- Engagement in science across space : learning and becoming in Les Scientifines and Jardins-jeunes -- Learning and becoming across time and space : trajectories of youth in and beyond Les Scientifines and Jardins-jeunes -- Did the program prepare me for the science pipeline? : Case studies of COSMOS students' trajectories to college -- Science in the making at the margin.
Summary:
A look at how diverse youth engage in science outside of school using three out of school settings: an after school program for girls only, a youth garden program, and a math ans science upward bound program. The book explores youths' meaning making of science and co-constructions of new levels of understandings of science, as well as how they come to position themselves in relation to science through participation in science practices at the margin.
Series:
New directions in mathematics and science education ; v. 18.
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