 Fostering community-sustaining pedagogies through STEM educationCory Buxton Chapter 30 in Research Handbook on the Anthropology of Education, 2026, pp 311-321 from Edward Elgar Publishing Abstract: The construct of community-sustaining pedagogies is offered as a fruitful approach for broadening participation along STEM academic and occupational pathways. Extending on Paris's 2012notion of culturally sustaining pedagogies, our project operationalized a model of community-sustaining pedagogies through the development of tools, practices, and model lessons that integrate language, culture, and STEM knowledge building. Sharing design principles and stories from our work with teachers, students, and families in rural communities, I reflect on what evolving anthropological views of culture, community, and ethnographic methods can contribute to broadening participation in STEM. At the same time, work applying STEM to daily life may have something to offer as the anthropology of education continues to evolve. Engaging diverse stakeholders together in STEM activities can lead to broader conversations about how STEM influences our communities, as well as the ways that communities can exert more agency over STEM in their lives. Keywords: STEM education; Culturally sustaining pedagogy; Broadening participation; STEAM; Multilingual learners; Teacher education (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:elg:eechap:23336_30 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Chapters from Edward Elgar Publishing |
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