Engaging young people with STEM: A Science Capital approach
8th February 2021
We were honoured to host Prof Louise Archer for an edition of the SER Seminar Series. Jon Roberts, whose PhD was supervised by Prof Archer, hosted this installment of our recurring series.
Seminar summary:
Improving representation and widening participation remain important goals of both science education and science engagement. The concept of Science Capital can help us understand patterns in terms of why particular people feel engaged with science while others feel excluded and see science as something that is ‘not for me’.
Drawing on extensive empirical findings from three major studies (the thirteen year ASPIRES longitudinal study; the Youth Equity+STEM project; and research conducted in partnership with teachers to develop the Science Capital Teaching Approach), Prof Louise Archer, The Karl Mannheim Chair of Sociology of Education at the Institute of Education, UCL will provide insight into what Science Capital is and how it has been operationalised in a wide range of contexts, including informal science learning settings (e.g. science centres, zoos, STEM clubs) and school classrooms.
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