Giving real opportunities to widen participation in STEM with novel approaches and partnerships

Anderson, Kristin, Carroll, Sarah, DeWitt, Jennifer, Peleg, Ran and Grenon, Muriel (2023) Giving real opportunities to widen participation in STEM with novel approaches and partnerships

Abstract

Ireland has developed many avenues over the past decades to address educational disadvantage. These efforts include providing schools within disadvantaged communities with additional resources, as well as the development of strong Youth Work sector. While strides have been made, gaps remain around science identity and interest. Resources remain a major barrier. Non-formal science education is a critical aspect of building science identity and science capital. Hands-on, tailored and authentic experiences offer young people diverse and unique opportunities to engage in science.
Through collaborations with the Youth Work sector and schools, we found a way to widen participation and reach communities often left out. We developed two activities, an Escape Room and Youth Science Club, designed to Give Real Opportunity to Widen participation in STEM in these contexts. The design of these activities as well preliminary findings on the evaluation will be presented.

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Author: Ran Peleg

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