Equitable and Inclusive Learning Spaces
Providing youth with learning spaces and activities that represent them and their experiences is critical in supporting their engineering learning. How do we engage and nurture youth’s interest in engineering, particularly those who have had limited opportunities thus far: learners in poverty, learners of color, learners in rural areas, and learners who identify as girls.
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Including All Learners
The facilitator adapts an activity to include strategies that support the unique needs of his audience which includes English language learners.
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Keeping the Group Focused
Watch as Denise and Jaimie use affirming statements with youth to reinforce positive behavior during the STEM activity. You will hear staff using attention-grabbing call-response phrases that require youth interaction, in order to keep the group working together.
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DIVEE
Lemond uses an acronym, DIVEE, and rhythm to make the engineering design process more accessible to youth.
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Creating Learning Environments for Computer Science
Notice how the facilitators change the room they are using to create a computer science Learning Environment.
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Understanding Your Audience Needs
Watch and listen as Jean discusses the importance of understanding the needs of both your staff and youth when evaluating materials and resources for STEM learning. Pay close to attention to strategies she uses to set everyone up for success.
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Strategies for Making All Youth Feel Included
Participants will view the DIVEE Video-Based Learning Module and identify strategies for facilitating inclusive learning experiences.
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Confronting My Own Biases
Participants will take a Project Implicit test in order to reflect on the needs of nondominant youth in their program.
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Building Relationships for STEM Learning
Watch as Jennifer uses strategies to support and encourage youth when working on an engineering design challenge. Listen as Jennifer shares an important element to group management involving building relationships around STEM learning based on mutual respect and support.
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Watching for Best Practices
Participants will compare a fact sheet with videos in Keeping Youth Interacting to see how facilitators encourage youth to collaborate