Workshop Proposal: Advancing STEM Through Culturally Situated Arts-Based Learning

September 1st, 2013 - August 31st, 2015 | PROJECT

The Georgia Tech Digital Media program is conducting a workshop and developing a website that fosters collaborations among researchers in the learning sciences community who study informal learning, practitioners in STEM-related informal learning environments (ILEs), and professional artists whose work incorporates STEM concepts. This workshop explores how the intersection of culturally-situated, arts-based learning (ABL), informal STEM learning, and digital media can be leveraged to create higher interest, motivation and learning in STEM among under-represented minorities (URMs). The workshop investigates the potential for combining culturally-situated design tools (CSDTs), contemporary art and crafts, and STEM concepts as a means to engage URM learners in STEM.

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Team Members

Celia Pearce, Principal Investigator, Georgia Tech

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: ISE/AISL
Award Number: 1345424
Funding Amount: 49385

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Audience: Evaluators | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Art | music | theater | Education and learning science | Technology
Resource Type: Project Descriptions
Environment Type: Media and Technology | Professional Development | Conferences | Networks | Professional Development and Workshops