1st Edition
Qualitative Research in STEM Studies of Equity, Access, and Innovation
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.
Contents
Introduction
Sherry Marx
- "I am an innovator:" Quahn’s Counter-narrative of Becoming in STEM
- "I come because I make toy.": Examining Nodes of Criticality in an Afterschool Science & Engineering (SE) Club with Refugee Youth
- Sociocultural Analysis of Engineering Design: Latino High School Students’ Funds of Knowledge and Implications for Culturally Responsive Engineering Education
- Bruised But Not Broken: African American Women Persistence in Engineering Degree Programs in Spite of Stereotype Threat
- Examining Academic Integrity in the Postmodern: Undergraduates’ Use of Solutions to Complete Textbook-based Engineering Coursework
- Engineering Dropouts: A Qualitative Examination of Why Undergraduates Leave Engineering
- nitâcimowinis: A research story in Indigenous Science Education
- From Ambivalences toward Self-Efficacy: Bilingual Teacher Candidates' Shifting Sense of Knowing as Conocimiento with STEM
- Examining the Non-Rational in Science Classrooms: Girls, Sustainability, and Science Education
- Seven Types of Subitizing Activity Characterizing Young Children’s Mental Activity
- Orienting Students to One Another and to the Mathematics During Discussions
Angela Calabrese Barton, Myunghwan Shin, and LaQuahn Johnson
Edna Tan and Beverly Faircloth
Joel Alejandro Mejia
Sherry Marx
Angela Minichiello
Matthew Meyer and Sherry Marx
Jeff Baker
Anita Bright and G. Sue Kasun
Kim Haverkos
Beth L. MacDonald and Jesse L. M. Wilkins
Elham Kazemi and Adrian Cunard
List of Contributors
Index
Biography
Sherry Marx is Associate Professor of English as Second Language (ESL) Education, Multicultural Education, and Qualitative Research Methods at Utah State University.