ERIC Number: EJ1278159
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2018
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STEM Tell Research: How Communication Centers Can Impact the Scientific Communication Competency of Grade School STEM Students
Beard, Lauren
Communication Center Journal, v4 n1 p31-38 2018
University Communication Centers are beacons of feminist intervention and radical pedagogy. This identity demands that the communication needs of students regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ability, or age. This article demonstrates how one Communication Center fulfilled this initiative by stepping outside the physical space of the center, and venturing into the community to consult with culturally diverse grade school students from the surrounding districts. The Communication Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro had the privilege of working with Dr. Heidi Carlone, a professor of Science Education in the Department of Teacher Education and Higher Education. Dr. Carlone was awarded a 1 million-dollar grant, and is using the money to further her research into innovative learning initiatives for junior high students in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) program in Guilford County. Besides just detailing how the Communication Center prepared for and conducted consultations with these STEM students, this article also offers insight into the innovative theories, praxes, and pedagogies at work throughout the center's sessions. The findings ultimately provide an awareness of how Communication Centers can be involved in pedagogical initiatives that fall outside of a traditional college classroom, as well as how this involvement can further develop consultants' skillsets when working with undergraduate college students in introductory communication courses.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Academic Support Services, Elementary School Students, STEM Education, Skill Development, At Risk Students, Student Needs, College School Cooperation, Workshops, Environmental Education, Biodiversity, Pollution, Junior High School Students, Consultants, Student Diversity
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: North Carolina (Greensboro)
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