How Do Minorities within the Minority Identify with Science and Engineering? A Focus on Middle School Students’ Identity Negotiations Regarding Science

January 1st, 2012 | RESEARCH

This presentation from the January 2012 Annual Meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education examines identity formation in middle school science, presenting informal education programs as a way to change perceptions by exposing students to real scientists. The study focuses on middle school students' science identity formations before and after their participation in summer science camps.

Document

ScienceandEngineeringIdentityNegotiationsISE.ppt

Team Members

Roxanne Hughes, Author, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Kristin Molyneaux, Author, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
Pat Dixon, Author, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Citation

Publication: Annual meeting of the Association for Science Teacher Education

Funders

Funding Source: NSF
Funding Program: Division of Materials Research
Award Number: 0654118

Related URLs

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory Center for Integrating Research and Learning

Tags

Access and Inclusion: Women and Girls
Audience: Educators | Teachers | Middle School Children (11-13) | Museum | ISE Professionals
Discipline: Education and learning science | Engineering | General STEM
Resource Type: Conference Proceedings | Reference Materials
Environment Type: Public Programs | Summer and Extended Camps