Sowing equity

An empirical study to test the feasibility of nurturing an equity ethic in United States primary STEM education / Sembrando equidad: un estudio empírico para probar la viabilidad de fomentar la ética de la equidad en la educación primaria estadounidense en las áreas de ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería y matemáticas (STEM)

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ID12486459
AuthorsMadison C Allen Kuyenga (0000-0001-5631-121X, College of Education, The Pennsylvania State University), Michael Lachney (0000-0003-3310-8707, College of Education, Michigan State University, corresponding author), Briana Green (0000-0002-5426-7582, College of Education, Michigan State University), Sukanya Kannan Moudgalya (0000-0001-7097-778X, College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences, University of Tennessee Knoxville), C A Robinson (0000-0001-9769-5627, Michigan State University), Christa Robinson (0000-0002-2929-8424, College of Education, Michigan State University)
Year2025
Volume37
Issue4
Pages998-1032
Publication date2025-11-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCulture and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1135-6405 • E-ISSN: 1578-4118
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1177/11356405251395899
OpenAlexW4416814450
LanguageEN
References cited46

This proof-of-concept study tests the feasibility that moral education can contribute to the design of learning environments for underrepresented children of colour in US science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Descriptive studies demonstrate how some people of colour in STEM fields value connecting their work to equity, culture and community: i.e., the equity ethic . Combining literature on the equity ethic with literature on the importance of early STEM exposure for children, this paper explores the feasibility that the equity ethic can be treated as a normative concept in broadening participation research. It details the implementation of one STEM programme that brought together computer science and moral content with the application Adinkra Computing: programmable software based on the geometric significance of West African Adinkra symbols. Specifically, Adinkra Computing was implemented with children ( n = 28) in a predominantly African American US city. Findings from this implementation suggest that future studies should hypothesize that the equity ethic can be a normative concept for designing culturally rich learning environments that support children of colour in STEM education

Empirical evidence · Empirical research · Equity (law · Normative · Test (biology · Work ethic · Career Development and Diversity · Science Education and Pedagogy · Teaching and Learning Programming

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