Equitable Socio-Ecological Learning Across STEM Disciplines Through a Histories of Places Framework

Veronica Cassone McGowan; Santiago Lopez; Jeffrey Jensen; Jordan Sherry-Wagner; Carrie Tzou; Megan Bang

Equitable Socio-Ecological Learning Across STEM Disciplines Through a Histories of Places Framework

Veronica Cassone McGowan, Santiago Lopez, Jeffrey Jensen, Jordan Sherry-Wagner, Carrie Tzou, Megan Bang

School of Education and Social Policy

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Abstract

Socio-ecological histories of places are political, contested, and intimately linked with ways of knowing and being in the world. Thinking within and across time scales is necessary to understand the complexity of socio-ecological systems more deeply and to account for these layered and intersecting scales as a part of ethical decision making with and for places. In this paper, we describe our work as an interdisciplinary team of geoscientists, ecologists, fisheries biologists, and learning scientists to understand how STEM educators can use the Learning in Places Socio-ecological Histories of Places Framework, to support justice-centered, field-based learning. Our initial findings show that the framework supported STEM faculty in 1) situating humans as a part of the natural world, 2) making visible Indigenous peoples' time as central to disciplinary learning, and 3) thinking about ethical decision making as a central practice in disciplinary STEM work with students and communities.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	ISLS Annual Meeting 2023
Subtitle of host publication	Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Paulo Blikstein, Jan Van Aalst, Rita Kizito, Karen Brennan
Publisher	International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages	1194-1197
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9781737330677
State	Published - 2023
Event	17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 10 2023 → Jun 15 2023

Publication series

Name	Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
ISSN (Print)	1573-4552

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/10/23 → 6/15/23

Funding

This work was funded by the National Science Foundation, grant number 1720578. We would like to thank our partners, including teacher collaborators and participating students and their families who shared their stories and knowledges with us to make this work possible.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Education

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McGowan, V. C., Lopez, S., Jensen, J., Sherry-Wagner, J., Tzou, C., & Bang, M. (2023). Equitable Socio-Ecological Learning Across STEM Disciplines Through a Histories of Places Framework. In P. Blikstein, J. Van Aalst, R. Kizito, & K. Brennan (Eds.), ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings (pp. 1194-1197). (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

McGowan, Veronica Cassone ; Lopez, Santiago ; Jensen, Jeffrey et al. / Equitable Socio-Ecological Learning Across STEM Disciplines Through a Histories of Places Framework. ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. editor / Paulo Blikstein ; Jan Van Aalst ; Rita Kizito ; Karen Brennan. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), 2023. pp. 1194-1197 (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL).

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McGowan, VC, Lopez, S, Jensen, J, Sherry-Wagner, J, Tzou, C & Bang, M 2023, Equitable Socio-Ecological Learning Across STEM Disciplines Through a Histories of Places Framework. in P Blikstein, J Van Aalst, R Kizito & K Brennan (eds), ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL, International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS), pp. 1194-1197, 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Montreal, Canada, 6/10/23.

Equitable Socio-Ecological Learning Across STEM Disciplines Through a Histories of Places Framework. / McGowan, Veronica Cassone; Lopez, Santiago; Jensen, Jeffrey et al.
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McGowan VC, Lopez S, Jensen J, Sherry-Wagner J, Tzou C, Bang M. Equitable Socio-Ecological Learning Across STEM Disciplines Through a Histories of Places Framework. In Blikstein P, Van Aalst J, Kizito R, Brennan K, editors, ISLS Annual Meeting 2023: Building Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings. International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS). 2023. p. 1194-1197. (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL).

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