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Qualitative Research in STEM
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ABSTRACT
Qualitative Research in STEM examines the groundbreaking potential of qualitative research methods to address issues of social justice, equity, and sustainability in STEM. A collection of empirical studies conducted by prominent STEM researchers, this book examines the experiences and challenges faced by traditionally marginalized groups in STEM, most notably culturally and linguistically diverse students and women. Investigations into these issues, as well as the high dropout rate among engineering students and issues of academic integrity in STEM, come with detailed explanations of the study methodologies used in each case. Contributors also provide personal narratives that share their perspectives on the benefits of qualitative research methodologies for the topics explored. Through a variety of qualitative methodologies, including participatory action research, Indigenous research, and critical ethnography, this volume aims to reveal and remedy the inequalities within STEM education today.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I Critical Studies in Informal STEM Education
chapter 1|21 pages
“I Am an Innovator”: Quahn’s Counternarrative of Becoming in STEM
chapter 2|24 pages
“I Come Because I Make Toy”: Examining Nodes of Criticality in an Afterschool Science and Engineering (SE) Club with Refugee Youth
chapter 3|23 pages
Sociocultural Analysis of Engineering Design: Latino High-School Students’ Funds of Knowledge and Implications for Culturally Responsive Engineering Education
part |2 pages
PART II Access and Equity in Undergraduate Engineering Education
chapter 4|34 pages
Bruised but Not Broken: African-American Women’s Persistence in Engineering Degree Programs in Spite of Stereotype Threat
chapter 5|28 pages
Examining Academic Integrity in the Postmodern: Undergraduates’ Use of Solutions to Complete Textbook-based Engineering Coursework
chapter 6|30 pages
Engineering Dropouts: A Qualitative Examination of Why Undergraduates Leave Engineering
part |2 pages
PART III Indigenous Ways of Knowing in STEM Education
chapter 8|26 pages
From Ambivalences toward Self-Efficacy: Bilingual Teacher Candidates’ Shifting Sense of Knowing as Conocimiento with STEM
part |2 pages
PART IV Access and Equity in Science and Math Education
chapter 9|25 pages
Examining the Nonrational in Science Classrooms: Girls, Sustainability, and Science Education
chapter 10|31 pages
Seven Types of Subitizing Activity Characterizing Young Children’s Mental Activity
chapter 11|19 pages
Orienting Students to One Another and to the Mathematics during Discussions
part |1 pages
Appendix: Youth Interview Protocol