Gaining awareness of inequality in education: Mentors’ perspectives in a science mentoring program.

June 16th, 2023 | RESEARCH

In this presentation we show how scientists gain awareness about inequality in education by volunteering as mentors to urban middle school youth in a science after school mentoring program.

Document

2023-SCRA-presentation.pdf

Team Members

Haeyoon Chung, Author, University of Illinois Chicago
Bernadette Sanchez, Author, University of Illinois Chicago
Kay Bourke, University of Illinois Chicago
Nicole Jarvis, Author, Rockman et al.
Camellia Sanford-Dolly, Rockman et al.
Michael Kennedy, Author, Northwestern University
Anna Arsenault, Author, University of Illinois Chicago
Yesenia Garcia-Murillo, Author, University of Illinois Chicago

Citation

Publication: Chung, H., Sánchez, B., Bourke, K., Jarvis, N., Sanford-Dolly, C., Kennedy, M., Arsenault, A., & Garcia-Murillo, Y. (2023, June). Gaining awareness of inequality in education: Mentors’ perspectives in a science mentoring program. In A. Anderson (Chair), Moving Toward Social Justice: Exploring Changes to Mentor Cultural Humility in Youth Mentoring Interventions. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Community Research & Action, Atlanta, GA.

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: AISL
Award Number: 2152564

Related URLs

Collaborative Research: A Multi-level Investigation of STEM Mentoring – Outcomes for Middle School Youth, their Mentors, and Partner Organizations

Tags

Access and Inclusion: Ethnic | Racial | Low Socioeconomic Status | Urban
Audience: Adults | Elementary School Children (6-10) | Middle School Children (11-13) | Scientists | Undergraduate | Graduate Students
Discipline: General STEM
Resource Type: Presentation Slides | Research
Environment Type: Afterschool Programs