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Eastham, Rachael; Hanbury, Ali – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2021
In this commentary, we reflect critically on the experience of delivering community-based sexual pleasure workshops for self-defining women in order to share lessons from our practice with others working in sex and sexualities education in higher education or in practice settings. Our discussion about facilitating these workshops in informal…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Females, Workshops, Informal Education
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Hecht, Marijke – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2021
This paper is a reflection on Bobby Habig, Preeti Gupta, and Jennifer Adams' article "Disrupting deficit narratives in informal science education: Applying community cultural wealth theory to youth learning and engagement" (EJ1307485). The article examines the significance of community cultural capital and the need for informal STEM…
Descriptors: Cultural Capital, STEM Education, Informal Education, Museums
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Baroody, Arthur J. – Research in Mathematics Education, 2018
Ginsburg (1977) observed that children typically develop surprisingly powerful informal (everyday) knowledge of mathematics and that mathematical learning difficulties often arise when formal instruction does not build on this existing knowledge. By using meaningful analogies teachers can help connect new formal instruction to students' existing…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Logical Thinking, Numbers
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Chaffee, Rachel; Gupta, Preeti – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2018
This review explores Jackson and Seiler's "I am smart enough to study postsecondary science: A critical discourse analysis of latecomers' identity construction in an online forum" by considering the analytic framework for figured worlds guiding this study. We consider the specific affordances of cultural production theory for examining…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Informal Education, Museums, Cultural Influences
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Lyons, Renée; Dsouza, Nikeetha; Quigley, Cassie – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2016
This review explores Archer, Dawson, Seakins, and Wong's "Disorienting, fun or meaningful? Disadvantaged families' experiences of a science museum visit" by examining the analytic frameworks guiding this study. To expand on Archer et al.'s use of feminist post-structuralist theories of identity we draw from the theory of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Science Activities, Museums, Feminism
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Broom, Catherine – Democracy & Education, 2017
This response considers the strengths of Carr and Thesee's 2017 paper in "Democracy & Education" and explores further areas of research related to education for democracy or citizenship education. [For "Seeking Democracy Inside and Outside of Education," see EJ1162605.]
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Political Attitudes, Citizen Participation