Micaela Balzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 9527116 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Micaela Balzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Micaela |
| FAMILY NAME | Balzer |
| SIGNATURE | BALZER M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Impression 5 Science Center Lansing Michigan USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Designing and leading justice‐centered informal STEM education
We explore how experienced informal educators worked towards equitable and consequential opportunities for learning in informal STEM settings through pedagogical practice. Drawing from a justice‐centered social practice stance we argue that pedagogical practice that promotes social transformation towards more just futures must confront and respond to, in integrated fashion, how unequal power dynamics, connected to systemic, structural oppressions…
Disruptive moments as opportunities towards justice‐oriented pedagogical practice in Informal Science Learning
Despite the promise of Informal Science Learning settings (ISLs) in supporting youth science engagement in ways that value their experiences and communities, in practice, such opportunities are limited. While some ISLs promote more culturally relevant approaches to science engagement, many still reflect White supremacist and patriarchal worldviews in discourse and practice. In Research Practice Partnerships, we engaged eight ISL educators from tw…
Designing and leading justice‐centered informal STEM education
We explore how experienced informal educators worked towards equitable and consequential opportunities for learning in informal STEM settings through pedagogical practice. Drawing from a justice‐centered social practice stance we argue that pedagogical practice that promotes social transformation towards more just futures must confront and respond to, in integrated fashion, how unequal power dynamics, connected to systemic, structural oppressions…
Disruptive moments as opportunities towards justice‐oriented pedagogical practice in Informal Science Learning
Despite the promise of Informal Science Learning settings (ISLs) in supporting youth science engagement in ways that value their experiences and communities, in practice, such opportunities are limited. While some ISLs promote more culturally relevant approaches to science engagement, many still reflect White supremacist and patriarchal worldviews in discourse and practice. In Research Practice Partnerships, we engaged eight ISL educators from tw…
Designing and leading justice‐centered informal STEM education
We explore how experienced informal educators worked towards equitable and consequential opportunities for learning in informal STEM settings through pedagogical practice. Drawing from a justice‐centered social practice stance we argue that pedagogical practice that promotes social transformation towards more just futures must confront and respond to, in integrated fashion, how unequal power dynamics, connected to systemic, structural oppressions…
Citizen journalism (2 works) · Higher Education Practises and Engagement (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Educational Environments and Student Outcomes (1 work) · Engineering ethics (1 work) · Epistemology (1 work) · Ethnography (1 work) · Innovative Education and Learning Practices (1 work)