Organizing for material possibility in a community-led science program

IF 1.8 3区教育学 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Mind Culture and Activity Pub Date : 2022-04-03 DOI:10.1080/10749039.2022.2098978

Molly V. Shea

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This case study examined how Mexican-American community educators developed material repertoires of practice to support a just and environmentally conscious afterschool program. Based on historical, environmental, economic, and sociopolitical circumstances, educators designed imaginative learning opportunities for predominantly working-class youth through the thoughtful cultivation of discarded, donated, and natural materials. Through these designs, educators offered young people new pathways for learning in their community. The author traced the constitutive relationships between the afterschool program, young people, educators, community, and the material environment to understand how these practices supported justice-oriented STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math) education. The community educators created new “material possibilities” through practices of repurposing and developing material-rich projects to support youth. Simultaneously, they critiqued material consumption with youth in order to push back on an extractive economy that did not support a thriving community and environment. This work builds on the notion of material possibility in order to extend our pedagogical imaginations.

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在社区主导的科学项目中组织物质可能性

本案例研究考察了墨西哥裔美国社区教育工作者如何开发实践材料库，以支持公正和环保意识的课后计划。根据历史、环境、经济和社会政治环境，教育工作者通过对废弃、捐赠和自然材料的精心培养，为主要是工人阶级的年轻人设计了富有想象力的学习机会。通过这些设计，教育工作者为年轻人提供了在社区学习的新途径。作者追溯了课后项目、年轻人、教育者、社区和物质环境之间的构成关系，以了解这些实践如何支持以正义为导向的STEAM(科学、技术、工程、艺术、数学)教育。社区教育工作者通过重新利用和发展物质丰富的项目来支持年轻人，创造了新的“物质可能性”。与此同时，他们批评年轻人的物质消费，以抵制无法支持繁荣的社区和环境的采掘经济。这项工作建立在物质可能性的概念上，以扩展我们的教学想象力。

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Mind Culture and Activity EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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4.00

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期刊介绍： Mind, Culture, and Activity (MCA) is an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the study of the human mind in its cultural and historical contexts. Articles appearing in MCA draw upon research and theory in a variety of disciplines, including anthropology, cognitive science, education, linguistics, psychology, and sociology. Particular emphasis is placed upon research that seeks to resolve methodological problems associated with the analysis of human action in everyday activities and theoretical approaches that place culture and activity at the center of attempts to understand human nature.